Changing Words

I'm a huge fan of several bloggers of different subjects. They range from Anthropologie (LOVE!), fashion, cooking, DIY, and mom blogs. Yes, mom blogs. While reading them, I dream of my own future family, life, and kids and grab ideas from them. It's not too early to prepare for parenthood right(chuckle)? One of my top favorite bloggers is nyc taught me. She recently moved to the big apple and posts about new discoveries along with her life as a mother of a daughter and twin boys. I love their outfits and how quirky and honest she is about her experiences. Plus she taught me a couple of rules that apply in New York, if I were to ever visit. Like don't ask for autographs or pictures when you see celebrities. Let's hope I never bump into James McAvoy because this rule won't apply if I ever do.

There was an old post about her daughter looking like a young Reese Witherspoon (and she really does!), where she briefly mentions 'Just don't tell her she's pretty' along with a link to an article. Reading the article, I learned that a 1/6 of children under 12 wear makeup regularly. Shocker.

Wait, maybe it isn't too shocking now that I think back to when I was in 5th grade. Girls in my class wore lipgloss, and one or two girls wore eye shadow and eyeliner. I never understood the whole concept of wearing makeup at that time. One of the funnier moments was when a friend was smearing lipgloss on her lips while telling me it was made out of pig oil. I don't remember if I was able to contain my horrific expression. It seemed like they were all anxious to grow up, while I was still waiting for Peter Pan to take me away to Neverland. He never did, as you can tell by my post.

One thing we can all possible relate to is giving sincere compliments about their appearances. I can't help but squeal when I see girls wearing cute outfits or giving the most adorable smile. But these small gestures only exacerbate the problem young girls encounter: looks are more important than anything. Talk about something deep and valuable like books.

Now I know to better tolerate myself from jabbering on about how darn-cute a child is in front of him/her. How about you?

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Recently, I went to watch the US version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo with two of my friends. I intended on reading the book before watching the movie, but failed. I was actually glad I didn't read the book before hand; the movie was extremely grotesque and disturbing. I'm a fan of mystery and crime novels, but watching the movie, I knew the book would be more detailed about certain scenes than I would like. During one of the scenes, I left for the bathroom because I started cringing and wanted to scream.

One of the few things I couldn't stop thinking about during and after the movie were 1) Anita's blouse when Mikhael first meets her at the bank, and 2) the leather jacket Elisabeth purchases. I've been on the hunt for an affordable chiffon or silk blouse for a while, and hers was perfect in every way. The color, the material, and the way it hugged her body. Madewell has one close, but I bring myself to purchase something for 110 dollars especially when I'm broke. 

Today I found out that H&M had a collection for Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Unfortunately, the only place to purchase them are on ebay (boo!) for twice or more the original price. I love ALL the clothes and wish I knew about it earlier. 

Source: H&M/Handout 

For those who were oblivious to it as I was, here's a link to the full collection. There's been some controversy about the collection and what it's portraying, but I suppose it's your choice to decide what it is.

Baby It's Cold Outside.....

Back in the day, I used to be a huge Scrubs fan. My friend S, who introduced me to this wonderful show, would call me J.D. and I'd call her Turk. I remember how most of the episodes had meaningful messages, my particular favorite one coming from Dr. Cox. I'd laugh to the point that my laughter sounds hideous, and cry balling my eyes out. Although nothing can beat Friends in my book, it was one of the most hilarious yet heartwarming TV shows that seems to be a rarity these days.

Also it turns out Zack and Donald are close friends in real-life too! It seems J.D. and Turk were true to each other in and out of scene! Anywho, enjoy this video clip as I did :). And happy late holidays!

If I could be any animal I'd be an elephant

I had a conversation with my brother a couple days ago about what kind of animal we'd chose to be if allowed.
I immediately said I'd be a male elephant because of their lifespan, handsome tusks, wiseness, and their leadership. My brother rebounded by saying that the elephant herds  lived in a matriarch system, thus I quickly changed my answer to female elephant. Shows how little I know about the animal I want to be (chuckle).

I recently stumbled upon these wonderful necklaces, which also happens to be over my budget for accessories.   The elephant one was my favorite, and I've searched elephant jewelry on etsy (most amazing site may I say, helping small business owners, finding one-of-a-kind items, and remarkably cheap and sturdy compared to some retailers), but the polish for this necklace by Alex Woo is simply smooth and beautiful.

Little Luck Elephant Pendant by Alex Woo

Adorable elephant ring from michellechangejewelry 

I've been in love with this piece for a while! Oh, when will I be able to buy you?!

cute elephant charm by cajajewelry

I suppose it is no surprise by now that I might be a teensy obsessed about elephants. If the world allowed it, I would love to have a pet elephant (utterly impossible, he would need other elephant friends), or even be friends with one. But for either one, I'd have to move out of the states or live in the zoo. So I suppose I will just satisfy myself with one of the accessories, sometime soon. :) Happy Holidays and happy boxing day (to those who celebrate; I just found out about it today). 

Christmas is just around the corner

Unlike the previous five years, Seattle hasn't snowed a blink, and I didn't even need to layer myself. I suppose it's convenient, but somewhere inside me, I secretly hoped we would have a white christmas.

card I purchased from Barnes and Noble

A couple of weeks ago, I found some cute holiday cards at Barnes and Nobles that were 40% off and thought it would be cute to bring back mail-sent cards. I miss those old-fashioned traditions of sending postcards when going on trips, or homemade cards during birthdays or holidays. I would've made cards, but already bought the cards so I promise I will next year.

                                   
I promised one friend I would continue the tradition of sending her a handmade card...what a lucky friend :) .  Followed some craft ideas I found through images, due to the lack of ideas and materials.

I enjoy sending letters in pseudonyms, for no particular reason. Maybe it's because I hope the receiver finds a little bit of humor in it, like I did. I had to search for where Team Rocket was from because all I could think of was pokemon world.  Anywho, I hope they receive it on time and enjoy the content :). Happy holidays to you too!

Ripe Persimmons yumm

When I visited my grandparents as a child, they always had ripe persimmons for the family to eat in the winter.

I had a sudden urge to eat some this year so asked my mom if I could purchase any here. Unfortunately, ripe persimmons are hard to find in the states compared to Korea. But luckily for me, Paldo sells them every winter whoop whoop!

They're so orange; my favorite color! 

It might look a bit gooey (it taste slightly gooey) but delish nonetheless. My mom bought me so many, I don't know if I can eat all of them.. But it brought back so many old memories (sigh).