Happily Wasted

Movies/Shows Watched
The New Girl
Gossip Girl
The Hills

Listened to

T. Swift... Happy Birthday Girl!!!! (13th of December)
anything and everything in my itunes library

Read (or currently reading)

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Safe Haven

Favorite Posts/Articles

Found this new blogger through a favorite of mine and this post about the universe made me happy
A list for every lady
This meaningful stack of letters
Oh goodness, this couldn't have come at a better time... there ARE good men out there... well, good gay men. :) 
A new look at The Life as an Artistpreneur
A DIY I just have to try sometime soon!
How absolutely gorgeous is this breakfast blog?!

xoxo

Who are you?

Dear readers,

I think it is time I learn a little more about you! Obviously you know this and that about me, the picture above is my only documentation of how obsessed I am with balloons... I love them. (Not like, fetish love them though, when they pop I get startled... not turned on... just so we're clear.)

Anyway...

tell me a little about yourselves! Where do you live? How did you happen to this space?

While I would still write this blog if I had followers or not, google reader, bloglovin and blogger all tell me that some of you are not just visiting once but even subscribing?! 

I'm surprised, and thankful, and happy, and want to know who you are and what makes you get up and out of bed each morning.

Coffee? Tea? A rooster? Your kid jumping on your bed? Your family yelling because water is leaking through the light fixture outside of your room? (just me?)

Or, if you feel that's too personal we could start with your favorite color!

I don't have one, but I am drawn to gem tones, robin's egg blue, the more subdued yellows, and if we're talking clothes, definitely the neutrals. 

Your turn! Ready, steady, GO!

xoxo

-C

Resolution: Word Elimination

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Recently, as I've typed, written, scribbled, and thought I have come across a word that I really don't find necessary to have in my vocabulary.

It is not an explative, I still find those delicious and, while not necessary, definitely delectable. The word I wish to eliminate from my vocabulary is just this:

got

Maybe it's just me, but when I type it, or think it while I'm writing it, I feel so uneducated. I feel like there HAS to be so many other words, or even just one other word, that would sound better in it's place. I have yet to prove myself wrong.

Even just looking at it now, bold and in large type, it looks ugly. 

So here's to the end of our relationship ugly word! Until I find a place where you are absolutely necessary I will use other words to show my meaning. Best part, whoever is reading or listening will have a better understanding of the actions with with I acquired something (see, already found a better and prettier version of you). 

What about you lovely readers? Are there any words you just can't stand to use?

xoxo

The Artist's Way: Week 9

Goals of 12 week program: 

1. Learn to be gentle and positive with and about myself

2. Start habit of morning pages that will carry on for life

3. Break down the liver's (like to live, not liver like thing my generation abuses) block

Week 9: Recovering a Sense of Compassion 

Week 9 is about fear, keeping up enthusiasm for current projects, creative u-turns (points where something could have been done to further a project or goal but either no steps were made or detrimental steps are made) and learning how to keep going instead of hurting the project or walking away from it.

My Favorite Quotation:

Remember that art is process. The process is suppose to be fun.

Favorite Task:

There were only a few tasks this week and none I felt like sharing.

Check In:

1. Morning pages: 3/7

2. Artist Date: None

3. Instances of Synchronicity: I haven't been hit with the realization of synchronicity this week. 

4. Other issues: Had an issue with getting my mom's car towed while in a different city while trying to meet up with some friends I see a couple times a year (when they come to town). Definitely bummed me out and made me wonder if I'm STILL making the universe upset with my actions. 

xoxo

Portland Love: Mai Thai

Portland Love is a series in which I take to the streets of Portland, eating at new places, shopping at new shops, smelling old books and doing my best to not get too wet without the use of an umbrella. It's my way of falling in love with this city over and over again while sharing it with you. Enjoy! 

I'm going to start by saying this is one of my favorite restaurants in Portland. I don't care if thai connoisseurs disagree, when I think of good thai food, I think of this place. I have yet to find a place anywhere else that compares. 

I always get the same dish, like I've said before, I'm a creature of habit. But I mean, why go somewhere and get something different if the whole reason you wanted to go there is because you were craving that specific dish? I mean really.

Dish of choice:

Egg rolls

&

Cashew Veggie (with tofu on occasion)

Everybody that works here is really nice, and I've been going there for years now. The food is delicious and cooked pretty fast (I get it to go most times). Most of my friends have liked this place when I've demanded they go.
Other than that I don't know what else to say, I'm incredibly biased. I love this place no matter what.
Oh yes, and the servers wear awesome pants.

Mai Thai

3104 SE Belmont
Portland, OR 97214

xoxo

If you have a place you want me to check out feel free to leave me a comment or email me!

I really haven't been around lately except for planned/scheduled/whatever posts. I don't really know why. I mean, I do... but it's not something that has an easy answer.

I am not all that inspired lately with posts. Not that I don't want to write things, oh I do, I just really don't have anything that I think is fancy enough to say or show. Like this picture... eh. But I was really cold and bundling myself up to my mouth earlier and decided I'd document it for your viewing pleasure anyway. 

I mean, that's part of what blogging is about right? Real life?

So this is my life, I went to the doctor today to get a new prescription for my anti anxiety and depression medication. I'm already on a low dosage but I'm not sure this is the right time to come off of them completely. I feel great for the most part, even though I'm totally uninspired by my life right now... but I don't feel hopeless. I don't feel like there's no reason to try or move, and I don't fall into the lows that I did that one winter. 

But that's not the point of my story...

I went into the doc's office and was met by this young, and I mean really young, looking guy who needed to take my height weight... and body fat information. There were no pinching devices thankfully, but still. I don't care that much about my weight, I more care about if I seem healthy or not. If I was 150 on the scale (at a measly 5' 4.5", yes Bambi, I know I told you 5' 5", turns out that's untrue :( ) but had a body fat % of 17 then I wouldn't care. At all. 

That is not the case. 

This is not a rant about how I feel fat or anything lalala. If you look at me you wouldn't guess that I was in a slightly unhealthy BMI and fat percentage. But I do. And I'm not happy about it. I guess it's really time to start exercising and eating better.

Which is another thing that has been on my mind. I have been craving meat like CRAZY lately. Not out of nowhere, so that's good, but if mom is cooking turkey bacon or I see a huge turkey in front of me (thanksgiving) or someone is having carne asada I just about die. My stomach growls, my mouth waters and I have to fight myself to keep from eating it. 

This was not how it use to be. I use to be just fine around meat. I wasn't sickened by it but I wasn't tempted either. 

I am very tempted now.

So I have to go over my ideas and reasons for being vegetarian and see if meat is going to come back into my life. If so I'm starting slow and keeping it very limited. Lean fish, organic chicken... if I could find a farm close by I'd try and buy it there... and definitely bacon every once in a long while. While the thought of strips of carne asada make me want to die (in a longing way, not in an eww gross way) I don't know if I'm going to go back to red meat. 

I guess something things have been going on here. At least in my head.

Honestly, my life isn't boring, I just don't take enough picture OR don't want to hook my phone/camera up to my computer most nights. I rather catch up on Bones or Gossip Girl, pin on pinterest, organize my pin boards or search random words on tumblr to find more images to pin. 

Oh yeah, or read. 

So now you know...

xoxo

Happily Wasted

I thought I had only skipped one week but it turns out I skipped two! No wonder I had so many books I hadn't mentioned! I think I'm going to make this an every other week thing from here on out. I am not as inspired with this kind of post as I originally was but I'm not ready to let go. :) 

Movies/Shows Watched

Caught up on The New Girl

Caught up on The Walking Dead

Starting catching up on Season 6 of Bones

Started catching up on Season 5 of Gossip Girl

Watched some episodes of The Hills, Season 2

Listened to

Taylor Swift

More Amor

Some Christmas Music

LMFAO

the radio

Read (or currently reading)

The Hunger Games

Catching Fire

MockingJay

The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show

Bridge to Terabithia

The History of Love

Walking in Circles Before Lying Down

Favorite Posts/Articles

Must, Must, MUST go on a hot air balloon ride this coming year!
Posts with plenty of cat pictures make me smile...
Love, love, love Audrey Kawasaki
The importance of Self Portraits on the blog
Instax inspiration
The now MRS. James' wedding preview... absolutely gorgeous, I could watch it on repeat

xoxo