violence leads to compassion

So let me start out by posting that list again, since I haven`t done six days of posting (my bad).

Day 02 — Your favorite movie—Oh no! I don`t have a favourite movie. I actually have a lot of faves. So the most recent is Avatar of course. It wasn`t the most original storyline, but I loved it anyway.
Day 03 — Your favorite television program—LOL, SO MANY. I am going to sound like a total couch potato. But actually I really like Gossip Girl, America`s next Top Model, Pretty Little Liars, The Gates, Make It or Break It, Degrassi, Fries with That, and some more. LOL, I am so bad—watching so much TV isn`t good for you.
Day 04 — Your favorite book—Anything but the Twilight series.
Day 05 — Your favorite quote—Oh this is just going to make me a hypocrite, but I really like Jake’s one about being super hot. J
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy—Pretty Little Liars is on tonight! Should I start doing recaps of the episodes?
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

Hello out there! I am here to deliver the greatest gift of all; another blog post. So I finished watching Blood+. I love it. I think there should be a sequel, but if not, they ended it perfectly. Except it was a little dull in the end, since the whole series lead up to killing Diva, and then she dies so easily. Yeah, that was pretty dumb, but other than that, it was such a good anime! I think the next one I will watch is Hellsing. Sound good?

Okay so it’s been four days since I even tried to finish this post, but I realized that I should be doing this than wasting away on the couch watching TV.

Okay so I found that the beginning of Lady Gaga’s Alejandro sounds a lot like Ace of Base songs. But I don’t know if that’s just me or what.

When I was watching Blood+ one of the characters’ said something that seemed a little too true for an anime. It was “the Americans need war to feel united.” Is that really how we are? If we aren’t fighting against someone we are fighting with each other? Where did this violence come from? And two, isn’t kind of ironic that we need violence to feel compassion toward everyone. That’s an absolutely ridiculous statement. I think that an apocalypse-kind of event will occur if we don’t change. It’s so sad to say, we humans are so flawed.

The weather right now is so crazy, sometimes it’s uber hot, and then it rains, but the sun is still shining... it’s giving me whiplash.

Fashion

So it’s time to report on the fall trends! Red is still in for fall, it’s good to mimic those natural tones for the seasons. WARM is in. I know it’s only August, but we’re two months away from the cold, and what better way to welcome the weather but with knits. I blogged about this before but there are too many times I see girls wearing barely anything in below zero weather. It’s okay if you wear a toque, a scarf, a coat, a freaking sweater. Fashion isn’t all pain and no gain you know. The 50s are making a comeback. We’re talking the polished, sophisticated, feminine look. I still enjoy the minimalist look—it’s something that will never get old. Leather also, is in again this year. Personally I think it’s a hot look, but unless you actually have a motorcycle, you just look like a wannabe. Long skirts are also in, but I recommend you younger folk to not follow it, because you may find yourself grading papers. 

This look is by  Annemiek on lookbook.nu.

Makeup

I recommend everyone to go back to school with a fresh face. I’m talking minimal makeup. I don’t wear makeup because it clogs my pores, then I just end up with more blemishes. People wear makeup to cover up those blemishes. Do you see what’s I’m getting at.  Wearing makeup doesn’t always benefit you. Oh and stay away from the smokey eye. That is something that is left for nightlife. Lipstains are a must. I think they’re really cute. I get all nostalgic when I see them though, because the remind me of markers. But I think they are a great way to achieve a flirty look without loading on the lipstick, or heavy foundations. REMEMBER Natural looks are best for everyday wear.

Alright so as you know I created another blog called fashion bredd. It will be a blog just for these sort of fashion related posts because I feel that I don’t really talk about fashion enough on here, since it is more of a general blog. But anywho, my posts on that blog won’t be as structured than they are on here so I apologize for that, as it will be more of a I post anything you stop by an read whatever, kinda looseygoosey. So I will start posting sometime in the future. And I hope you guys follow since it has zero right now. But that’s okay.

Recaps

Right now I am watching a couple shows. They are The Gates, Pretty Little Liars, Degrassi, and Make It or Break It. 

The Gates is an interesting vampire drama. It’s got all of these twists and turns. Lots of secrets. The latest episode basically shows all the little monsters. There are wolves, and vampires. Plus some stranged witches. Oh yeah, so now the chief knows that one of the guys is a vampire. So we’ll see how this goes down in the next episode.

Pretty Little Liars is on tonight, so I won’t recap til tomorrow.

Degrassi has a new season! They are basically filming it like the movie, so it looks good. Fiona—Declan’s sister is in an abusive relationship. I think he is over playing it though, cause when he has his angry spells it’s exaggerated. There are a lot of new characters. I am really excited to see the little gay love story between Zane and Riley. Love them. Yeah, they are showing episodes like every day this week so I will try to recap those aswell.

MAKE IT OR BREAK IT... Lauren is such a b!tch. That’s all I have to say, and thank god her grandmother told her off in the last episode.

So I will try to keep posting on the blog on a regular basis. I hope everyone is still enjoying the slowly dying summer. I know I’m not, 0___0

Keep it real, Amelia.

guess who has a new sister?

the blog does!
I totally made you think that I had a new addition to the family but no. I have made another blog called fashion bredd.
It is as the name suggests a fashion blog. I know there are too many of these. But I hope to make it different by posting all types of fashion, and not necessarily comes off the runways.I have not been as busy as I'd like to be, but I work and I run every other day so yeah. I hope everyone is having tonnes of fun for summer, cause I know school is starting soon.
Well I found this on my friend Katie's blog and I thought it would be nice to do since I haven't been posting lately. 
Day 01— Your favorite song —My favourite song changes often, but right now I like this one song from an anime called Blood+. Yes, I recently started watching again. There isn't anything better to do in the summer. If I find it I will let you know what it is.
Day 02 — Your favorite movie
Day 03 — Your favorite television program
Day 04 — Your favorite book
Day 05 — Your favorite quote
Day 06 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 07 — A photo that makes you happy
Day 08 — A photo that makes you angry/sad
Day 09 — A photo you took
Day 10 — A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Day 11 — A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 — A fictional book
Day 14 — A non-fictional book
Day 15 — A fanfic
Day 16 — A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 — An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 — A talent of yours
Day 20 — A hobby of yours
Day 21 — A recipe
Day 22 — A website
Day 23 — A YouTube video
Day 24 — Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 — Your day, in great detail
Day 26 — Your week, in great detail
Day 27 — This month, in great detail
Day 28 — This year, in great detail
Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 — Whatever tickles your fancy

making a change.

Blog blog blog blog blog. Yes, it’s time for a blog post. An actual blog post. So how is everyone? Enjoying the summer. It has been so hot lately. We need to start using the A/C but only a little, to be environmentally friendly of course. So we have a bunny living under my deck. Well since it was attacked by a crow, I think it moved, but it still comes and visits. It is the cutest dwarf rabbit ever. Plus it’s brown so that’s a bonus. It’s the closest thing to an actual pet we’ve ever had. Which is sad, but what are you going to do. So my life is pretty boring right now. To be honest, I don’t like all this free time I have. I don’t do anything so it sucks. Oh I have a job working at Aeropostale, but I haven’t really started working yet. 

Did I mention I found my new love? You know the guy that gets your heart rate way up. The one that makes you lose your breath every time you think of him. I am talking about my hot Australian Xavier Samuel. (Don’t let the two first names confuse you) He is one good looking fella. As soon as you throw a guy in the tub, you know you’ve hit a gold mine. OMG. Sorry I love him. Okay no I don’t, but look at his face. DAMN. I need to find my own Australian boyfriend, like wow. Okay enough of me having a virtual heart attack, time to get down to some blogging business.

Changing the Game

Okay, so I was watching TV the other day, and CBC has this segment called Game Changers on The National. I am so glad that something like this exists because these reporters really do their job in investigating what’s new out there, and how they are promoting change. So the one I caught was about Shad and Freshii. First I will talk about Freshii because Shad will take me to a very long rant.

So when I was in Toronto for DECA I went with a friend to this new healthy place called Freshii. Now it wasn’t exactly the best experience, as we each bough a soup, which ended up being like a litre. Also they give you this pita bread (which was delicious) and I also bought a bag of baked chips, and a Fiji water. I refused to get a bag however as I was deterred either by the environmental impact or the extra 5 cents. Anyway, there go my friend and I, stumbling down the busy mall corridor dropping absolutely everything. Really it was a comedic site: change in between my two fingers, trying to hold the hot soup, with the other hand, balancing the pita bread, with the drink and the chips as well. Well anyway I ended up going back for a bag. Clearly all of this trouble was necessary to eat healthier. The experience I had at Freshii was different from a lot of other restaurants. I felt a little intimidated. There was a complicated order I had to fill out. (Which is why I went with the soup) For a first timer, it was pretty scary. But I grew to love the personal customer service. And I really like the idea of a healthy alternative for food. Unfortunately the soup wasn’t that good (my poor choice of course) but I am sure if I was to have eated something else, I would have enjoyed a lot more. Here came the question, where did this place even come from? The entrepreneur is a guy from Ontario set out to change the way people eat, to benefit themselves and their lives of course. It’s not a big place right now, but I encourage you to check it out. The food is customized for you. I hope to see one here in Kingston sometime.

Before I talk about Shad. I would like to talk about rap. According to a very strong believer of Mos Def, rap is: Rap is a music genre. It’s hated by many people that believe in the stereo type that only blacks make rap and its always about shooting cops, drugs, money and sex. Which leads to another stereo type that says all blacks like rap... 1.Not all blacks like rap. 2.Rap's not only for Blacks. 3.Not all rap is about money drugs and sex... 4.Not all people who like rap are black People who don't like rap, usually say "Rap is crap that has artists like 50 Cent." These are people who know nothing about rap, and judge it by what they see on TV. If you REALLY know what rap is then you'd know 50 Cent sucks balls and isn't a good rapper at all.See the people who like rap, and actually understand rap know 50 Cent is not a good rapper.Rap is poetry, despite what any other person says. Rap is like poetry with attitude, poetry with a bit of gangsterism. Besides all the spelling mistakes, and strong opinions, they’re kind of right. Well a lot rap these days does degrade women, does promote the “hood” life, and gangs. But one of many artists are changing this: Shad.

Rap originated in West Africa (according to Wikipedia) and it’s basically just poetry spoken over a beat. Music essentially. Then came the blues, which were influenced by the spiritual, working songs, and slavery. Well anyway when it comes to rap there are misconceptions. However Shad has brought back rap. I love Shad. I really like the old prince still lives at home. I used to have it in playlist below. His rhymes are clever and they raise awareness. He’s a classy guy. Not at all misunderstood. The guy grew up in London Ontario. You can’t get anymore close than that. So maybe I should let his lyrics speak for himself.

“And I’ve been known to talk about women on a track or two, I talk to women I just can’t talk for women, that’s for you, we need women for that more women in rap, even tracks like kweli’s for women That’s still only half the view of the world, there’s no girls rapping so we only hearing half the truth, what we have to lose?” (Keep Shining, Shad)

So world, what do we have to lose? Shad is an inspiration, and should be an inspiration to all rappers. I don’t want to see women’s bodies exploited on the TV. I don’t want to hear that you were shot 9 times. I want to hear and see truth. That is what we need in the world.

FASHION

I haven’t gotten my ELLE Canada magazine yet, so I can’t tell you what’s new from there. But what I can say is minimalism is in. Along with skin toned clothing to make it look like you’re barely wearing anything. I have the perfect shirt in my head, I just have to find it. (I love to dress up) Again, earthy tones for accessories, that includes sandals. Cotton, cotton, cotton. It can be for the cold and the warm. But cute cotton shirts and dresses and skirts are a must. It’s so sad I can’t follow my own fashion advice since I’m so poor, even with a job. You get to shine with your accessories. Flower earrings and ring are super cute, especially when you are doing the minimalist thing. 
Rose Stud Earrings $4.80 from Forever21.com

For the Guys

I haven’t mentioned anything for the guys yet. That’s probably because I am completely clueless to what I should talk about. When it comes to men’s fashion. It really depends on who you are. To be honest there isn’t much choice you have when it comes to what you where. So here it is: Graphic Tees. They will get you such a long way since they go with anything. LIKE ANYTHING. So find one that reflects who you are. There is so much variety, and hey, you could even make your own. Sorry I don’t have much else for you. But yeah! Make sure it fits, so you don’t look like a douchebag.

For music, I am needing to make a new playlist, so bare with me.

So that is all for this blog post. Oh I bought this soy milk—because it’s good for you. But it tastes like straw or something. So beware when you buy it. I tried the vanilla, it barely has a taste to it. I think I will try chocolate next time. But yeah, depending on who you are it may or may not be good. Anyways, time to go do something like clean or eat.

Keeping it real. Amelia.

just a quick update.

Hello hello. This is just a quick update. As you can see the blog has changed a teeny bit, by that I mean the font colours and the banner. It's a nautical theme. I resized it a bunch of times so it looks a bit blurry on my computer. But I bet on the laptop it looks really small. Anyways, it's still a work in progress. I really want to try out those new designs from Blogger, but it will take a lot of editing. Oh, so I am going on a mini trip today, and when I come back hopefully I will be able to make an actual post (for you Katie <3) So yeah, I hope everyone is having a great summer, and I will talk to you soon.
I know this blog layout is a definate work in progress. But don't worry, you'll only have to see it until the Fall! Stay thirsty my friends. :)

Photoshopped Justin Bieber, just for you.