Sassy Shakespeare Style

On Sunday I got a lil' dressed up for no reason. Although I suppose you could call "I want to start making style and outfit posts" a reason. I'll go with it.

This is just a quick and dirty OOTD I put up on my instagram, but it's a good start.

A photo posted by @rocketamelia on Jan 27, 2015 at 10:25pm PST

Shirt - Garage

Pants - American Apparel

Scarf - Vero Moda

Sweater - Tommy Hilfiger (forever ago)

Headband - Icing

(I'm not sure why I'm linking all of these. I've just seen other people do it. Help how do you fashion blog)

I found this shirt the other day and I loved it right away. At that point, trying it on was really just a formality, and the fact that it was on sale was just a gratuitous bonus. I mean, I'm a theatre kid and an English/Lit nerd - it was really fate.

For this outfit, I decided to go with the super-girly stereotypical Juliet aesthetic with the curls and flowers, knowing that the cynicism and colour of the shirt would balance it out and make it just the right amount of satirical. And because I was just running some errands that day, I made it casual with my new tan pants and super-big scarf. Then I threw on the sweater that looked the most decent with the rest of it, because, you know, outside.

Also, yeah. Those are some hips. My hips and bum are the only thing I inherited from my Mom's side of the family, so I'm pretty pear-shaped. It's more noticeable on the left than usual, but hey, body positivity, right? And never fear: I won't photoshop my body... mostly because I don't know how and I'm to lazy to figure it out. I just have big hips and that's that.

Project 365 - Week 3

15/365: I just realized I don't think I actually took a picture on this day. I'm poop.

16/365: I made the mistake of walking through the flower section entrance to the grocery store. So now I've adopted 3 baby spring plants!

17/365: I got a popcorn machine! It goes all over the place and I need to get the hang of it, but we can't make popcorn in our microwave because it's too tiny.

18/365: Far too far into the New Year, Kate and I finally watched and did the Big Fat Quiz of the Year. I think we got 24/41, which on a test is a pass and is only 1 less than the last place team on the show. Considering that we're not even British, I think we did alright.

19/365: I did nothing cool or fun. I didn't even go to class. That's Mondays for you.

20/365: This is a phone picture. I was sitting in the design room at school, doing my homework, when I looked at the mess of drafting tools and supplies I had made and thought "hey perfect", but then I realized I didn't bring my camera to school for some reason (probably because my bag already seemed to full due to all these supplies). I can't decide it it's cool or sad that this picture seems almost as good as those from my DSLR.

21/365: After class, my friend Tori and I wandered around campus for a while filming a video for my weekly contribution to my university's student blog project. Right after finishing, dusk was just beginning and the lights had turned on already, and this image was just so pretty.

Project 365 - Week 2

I realize I'm posting this over a week late. I promise I'll try to be more good from here on in.

8/365: On Thursday night, some friends and I went to this lounge bar place to watch some bands play. These girls are Joseph, which we came to see, but all three acts were awesome and it was a magical night.

8.5/365: This is a surprisingly nice picture my friend took of me that night when he stole my camera. It's a bit grainy because we'd been fiddling with the settings. I'm posting this extra picture to compensate for Friday. I forgot to bring my camera to the only exciting thing I did that day.

9/365: I went to my friend Nic's house; him and his roommates made pizza for a bunch of their friends and we played pictionary and Sociables. It was a good night.

10/365: On Saturday night, instead of going to a theatre birthday party, my roommates and I played GTA, watched Brooklyn 99 and ordered pizza. Very much the right decision.

11/365: ...Yeah, I spent the entire weekend at home doing nothing. In my defense, I was sick.

12/365: This is an outtake from taking a headshot for the blogging team I'm a part of at my university. I won't lie, I executed a damn fine coppery smokey eye. I should wear full makeup more often.

13/365: This day was awful. It was hard and painful and I cried. But at least Lee Pace was on The Mindy Project.

14/365: I mean, yeah, I've been trying to lose weight and be healthy and that, but man, I can't resist those damn Pita Wraps.

Project 365 - Week 1

I've started Project 365, which means I'm taking one picture each day (of course I often take more than that, but I take one photo ever day dedicated to this project). It's been pretty fun so far, and I'm sure it'll get easier as I get used to it. The main benefits I foresee (because it's only been a few days so far) are that 1. I'm going to be able to look back on stuff - I'm an extremely visual person, so looking at pictures will be a good way to remember things about that day or that thing I took a picture of - and 2. it's going to concretely motivate myself to do more things, fun or not, to have something to show for every day. You know, thinking "Oh I need to take a picture of something today" makes me want to do or find something interesting, something worth photographing, and that makes me both live my life more vibrantly and excitingly and also look at the world around me more attentively.

I'm going to be posting these weekly. It's been more than a week since January 1, but I'm still figuring out my ~schedule~ for this, okay? OKAY?! I'm not freaking out

1/365: I missed our puppy! His name is Bailey.

2/365: Since I'd been gone for 3 weeks, I had to completely restock.

3/365: I FINALLY hung up my posters and some fairy lights. I got myself the Batik print with the boat on it over the christmas break. Maybe I'll make a post about the whole setup sometime.

4/365: My best friend wrote a play! So a couple of us came to the house she's house-sitting, did a reading of it, and had spaghetti and fun friend chatting times. I felt very adult. We discussed Korrasami a lot.

5/365: On Monday night, the night before I went back to class, I redyed my hair. It's practically black now, which I think is what I subconsciously wanted.

6/365: My friend and I found this hidden but amazing coffeeshop half an hour before it closed on our way to buying my drafting supplies for school. They had this amazing portobello mushroom panini, which we split.

7/365: After school on Wednesday, I spent an exorbitant amount of time going out to the only mall in town that has a Sephora. And they also have a Culture Craze. (It's the black lipstick.)

Blog News

Yes, I realize it's been forever. I'm sorry.

But it's a New Year! A fresh start, a new beginning - and I can really use it. This last year has been pretty rough; looking back, most of the major events in my life were negative ones. And in the last couple months, everything sort of fell apart and I lost my grip on my own life a little bit. That sounds alarming. I should mention, I mean it in a keeping-on-top-of-things way. My mental health is still relatively intact.

I wouldn't say I have a clean slate - I don't believe you can ever have a completely shiny clean slate in your life except for when you're born. Or maybe when you fake your own death, get plastic surgery and live in a different country under a different identity, and even then, your past stays with you in your memories and your personality. But let's say most of the things on my slate have been cleared off and it's been wiped down with a dishcloth. Most importantly, the person holding the slate - me - is re-energized and ready to deal with what comes next, and has learned from the things that were on the slate before. I really need to let this metaphor go.

I foresee myself doing a lot more blogging in 2015, as well as making videos on my YouTube channel. Beyond it being a personal choice, I'm going to be an official student blogger for my University this spring semester, and I think that will really get the creative juices flowing. Also, I'll be doing my own Project 365, inspired by Kaylah's post, and I'll be posting my daily photos each week.

There will also be a renewed effort to make the rest of Pride and Prejudice into screencap posts.

All over, this year I want to work harder, listen to more music, do more, go on more adventures, find new things I haven't done before, and say yes more often: to others, to opportunities, to myself. Basically, I want to live my life more.

Yes, I'll still be featuring music at the end of posts. This one is possible the most almost-country song I've ever actually liked. And I like it a lot. (I know it's hardly even country at all, that's my point.)