Tendy? Not-so-trendy? Indecisive.

Ok, so let me first start, by MAKING IT CLEAR to you, my feelings on something:  people who are indecisive in life DRIVE-ME-NUTS.

That aside, I would like to introduce you to some current trends that I (am troubled by and/or indecisive about ;)) was informed of recently via my email subscription to Scoutmob(LOVE)...

Here's something that's happening in my good ol' hometown of Seattle:

click the pic for more for more of their products!

THAT. Is exactly what it looks like.
A stud earring made of concrete.
By: Maple and Mauve
Is it strange that I think those might be a
little front-heavy annd/or just... HEAVY on your earlobes?
Would YOU wear them?

I like that the idea is fresh & probably recycled
(reduce-reuse-recycle-yipee!), but I just can't see
myself in them.
Hey, I wouldn't knock-it-til-I've-tried-it!

Something I love:

Click the pic for more of their unique designs! 

BlissfulCASE is located in Brooklyn, New York.
Unique. Funky & creative designs.
Interchangable for those of us who like a new
visual in the palm of our hands.

And last but not least... something I will NEVER like/love/wear:

Bugs. No.

There is a reason they call them "bugs."
No, thank you, fashion designers. I'd rather not.
These different designers named/displayed can all be found
by a simple Google search, but particularly,
I was reading this article over at Fashionista.com (<3 font="">),
called: "Trendspotting: Creepy Crawlies."
That says enough, for me. Nope.
*confusion*

Here is one, that I *am* genuinely torn over:

Hint: It's above their eyes.

As the majority of you may know, I am now an Esthetician.
One of my greatest passions in this industry is making
women beautiful, by using their OWN features to
complement their unique tones, textures, shapes, sizes, etc...
For most people, heavy eyebrows don't work.
For most people in fact, their naturally-growing eyebrow
shape needs to be trimmed, and tamed, and sometimes waxed
down a size or two to achieve the "natural & clean" look.

These above, have been somewhat groomed, but mostly...
too much hair on that face. For my comfort.
But that's just MY lowly opinion.



Who cares what I think? ;)

love, bex

It's About Time... :)

Whew! What a break I took. Sorry, that was unexpected. Not that you were all hanging on my shoestrings for the last 2 weeks... waiting for my post, right...? ...Right?(this is the part where you tell me I'm wrong)


Thanks for being so patient :) I am glad you came back, either way! ENJOY :} 
Please.

I wanna know what it is you write in your home,
when your thoughts take you away, far off to your zone


I wanna see your eyes and the gears behind, turn
I will count them close and fix your every concern.


I imagine you bowed in a thoughtful pose,
in a chair, at a desk, with a window that's closed...
To block out any noise that could steal a great hook,
& you'd tap your pen on the nearest fat book.


Left hand will search your face for a time,
then Right moves fast to catch that witty rhyme.


For a few minutes I think, your pen doesn't stop,
your expressions fly side to side, from the bottom & top.


But to witness my vision on the same solid ground...
Your elation, your peace, to hear every awakened sound,
might take my writing to a whole new height,
it'd be an esteeming thing, to watch you mid-flight.


When your colors align and your eyes get that fire,
your mind's sparks gather every token they can acquire.
There's no end to the way you find higher roads to take,
Your ideas are refreshing, so old thinking you break.


With this stage of renewal, new levels bring new paths,
I am strengthened and blessed by this friendship to have.




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Whew! Corny. But I'm lovin' it. Go away McDonalds.

oh for the record, you are the sun in my sky
you're the grain in my rye, the day to my night...

missing you is something I could never get used to
'cause every day is another day I choose you.

so don't every go away
don't tell me you can't stay
I'm right here with you, you're right here with me
and that's as far away as we need to be...



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Welcome!

Well HI :] Hey, there's a newcomer in the crowd- everyone say "HI!"

Okay, back to business....You know, as well as I do.. that summer is a busy, busy time. I am not about to spend all my waking S.P.A.R.E.(queue "quote" fingers) time staring at the computer(my job requires this also)... altho I wish I had the attention span for it! :)

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttt?? You say...?

WHY YES, I DO have a life :] (teehee silly you)


I know, hard to fathom.
But, you deserve some treats. You have waited oh-so-delightfully-patient, like a good dove, and your reward will not be in vain! I have some stocked up pictures that I'm saving for a few story-time-days... You know, when it's gray outside... and you have nothing else to do.... fall back on my picture-stories :)

You guys know that internet meme regarding the "Dos Equis Beer Guy"....?
I did one :}

"I don't always drink tea, but when I do... I wear a cape."

I TOLD you you'd be rewarded ;) Feel free to mock. You know it's great.

Happy Tuesday. 

<3 bex...

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Let's Discuss Defenses

http://www.sarahwilson.com.au/2011/06/im-bored-of-my-bullsht-defenses-im-shedding-my-bark/

This seems about right.

:)

Right? Right.

Have a great(hot!!!) Tuesday, loves.

<3, bex

A sample...

I listened to a song
with my whole body tuning in

I let the notes soak into my achey joints;
my bones felt lighter and my muscles
finally rested still.

Closing my eyes, the pull of
a vacuum wind moved me silently forward...
through the changes of seasons.
The icey chill of a February frost
forming on the buds of new grass in sunrise.

I saw the ocean in my mind, heard
nothing but seagulls, and crashing
effortless waves of countless fallen tears
that a dry bed had captured thousands of years ago.

The sunshine was the loudest - it
touched everything, the invisible
warmth it gave for free, was it's
own symphony.

There was a pulse too infinite to describe.
And for a minute, slowly I hear each raindrop,
each bird land, each lioness paw at the Earth in a dead run...
And I am back again driving in
the night. Safe in the confines
of my routine.

I smile because although I feel
loss, I feel love. In my
weakness, I have a strength.

I will gain all that I love,
that determined quality
is truly, me.

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Friday, you should come back after you've read this thru a few times. Why? Get the feel of it, and then hear the music that inspired this, and which fits the motion.
Then tell me what ya think. Oh and my parent's Surprise Anniversary Party went swimmingly. That was the announcement from last week, you guys! Thanks to those of you, my dearest friends who helped coordinate and for all your delicious COOKING. x} It was more than enough food.

See you Friday :)
Be safe, birdies.
<3, bex.

Making it up to you.

WOAH. I know I totally left you hanging last Friday, and I sorta apologize... but don't you think for a minute I'd leave you for too long. I was busy being cool and stuff... you know, having things to do, and making messes to clean, and wasting time to let my brain re-coordinate. Happy stuff :) Listen here, don't you judge me. I have a life outside my blog! Okay okay, so moving on.

I'm going to recommend other places for you to go read today :)

"But WHYYY?!" you beg? Because I am human, and humans get tired, and 

I'm tired of typing right now. I'll be back Friday, with an announcement that is more for 

my own excitement than yours. 

Maybe I'll see you there?! I hope!!

Peterdewolf.com 

| because if you are reading my shenanigans, then you will LOVE this guys work.

http://smittenkitchen.com/ 

| because I know you all enjoy eating.

http://leilabrewsterphotographyblog.com/

| because she is a wonderful photog and I know you all like to stare down pretty pictures.

http://edped.tumblr.com/

| because if you are here, you like to laugh about relatable topics, and this is relatable stuff :)

[Also I'd like to point out that blogspot thinks relatable is not a word. I'm pretty sure it is. Right?]

Anywho, hope that is enough to keep your little mittens tied over til Friday.

Come back!!!

<3, bex.

Me. In a nutshell.

Me, every morning.

Me, the rest of the day.

Top o' the Tuesday to yer!

hai!

THIS WEEKEND!!!! I was in a photo shoot for my photographer-friend-Jenna, who is super creative & talented. She came up with this idea to photograph us in a field of yellow buttercups, & we were to act sad & forlorn over a "lost love." Oh that sounds weird to you, huh? CHECK IT OUT. As I say, don't knock it, 'til you try it ;) It turned out to be a beautiful day, and all the pollen was floating freely... now I am congested beyond belief. BUT, it was worth it. :] I know, I'm weird. Promise to go see Jenna, and the whole shebang???(coughINCLUDES-BLOOPER-REELcough) Dang, excuse my dry throat. Go see her blog NOW! She's for hire!! ;)
Here's a little teaser story for ya...

Oh HOW shall I ever recover?  ...

...His love was all I knew.

~~~

Hey, wait a sec! I'm important too! 

"Plus I'm tired of sitting around moping!"

 "Time to dry our eyes, friend."

 We will pick flowers. We will see the world.
We will see new faces in our flowers!

Oh, and we'll make GRR faces at new people too.

;]

See you Friday, knucklehead.

<3, bex.

tuesday treat... :}

=D Haha. So much truth to this.

The thing about love...

underpass near my work

This made me smile.

The thing about love is that you can find it in anyONE, anyTHING, anyWHERE. 

Sometimes we just have to look a little harder than the surface to see it.

& who says it's gotta be more than just vandalizing a public underpass? ;) 

I think it's perfect.

xoxo, bex

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p.s.! Soon! And I mean SOON! There's gonna be another little tab born, F-Y-E.
Keep your eyes peeled. You're welcome.

~

bloom.

I saw a moving picture
a little red head girl was entranced by the sight of an unfolding orange flower.
That is how I feel, most days.


discovering things I thought I knew,
discovering me, in different ways.


I am picky, I am inconsistent.
I want everything, while I want nothing but honesty.


I betrayed you. I was keeping my options open,
when I told you it was wrong...
and now I, twice burned myself
and reach back for a third- 
and the flame is gone.
Why?
I am the one who turned it off.
Why am I sad?


So I write.
And I will keep doing this until
I have figured it out. Which,
won't happen... I've already smoldered the struggling spark.


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Tuesday's not so terrible

Oh green current, please dip and divide
beneath an invisible, treacherous line..

the foam jade sea eyes my drive, it tells me
calm is near while it's mouth speaks left & right;
signals that I'm too tired, or just too out of sight...
staying low, creeping slow, firm tides are kept so tight,
holding the moon, the sky, the shadow it provides.

Controls beseeches me to gather pieces of its fallen light
and when I watch its ease, the troubles relax inside my mind.

Again stormy motion calms my shivering worry
sending a relapse of my senses away in a hurry.
I have seconds to breathe, to re-live and forget;
to rid this teasing consciousness, pretending a duet.

I DID take this :)

New Paper

I enjoy typing. But more than typing, I enjoy w-r-i-t-i-n-g.
....Do any of you remember what that looks like?

I got a new notebook yesterday, for school... but I of course, had to christen the first page with a little doodle.

What'd you do, on your scary Monday?

Monday's don't seem so bad to me now that I have school again... I know that sounds backwards, but it's only because Monday class is simply an hour of taking notes on a Power Point presentation that my "teacher" talks over. Basically, he could email them to us, and I could sleep in more... :P Just a suggestion.

Anyway, back to my normal font size...This last week was a long one, for me. Lots of helping friends(not bad, just emotionally-demanding...) with issues, lots of waiting and waiting and WAITING for the right thing to come along :] Lots of travel; which automatically makes me ready for bed x) The actual traveling part is exciting, but when I'm done, I realize my body needs a rest(don't gotta tell ME twice).

This weekend, I am off to Seattle to finish my big 50 hours of volunteer-work for the month, and to meet lots of new people! I can't wait! It will be rewarding and fulfilling and I can't wait to have some sushi with no seafood in it. I know, I'm weird ;)

Be safe, loves. Travel responsibly, and be honest with your best friend when he/she asks: "Grrrrl, you think mah butt gettin' BIG??"

<3, bex.

ps. I got acupuncture today and it wasn't half bad. See? I'm still alive :)

I said, Good day to YOU!!!

How College Sucks Your Life Away & Other Highlights

I got a parking ticket last week.
And I thought, in my rage, "I won't stand for this! This is highway robbery! They can't get away with this!"

And so the plan was to tap dance on their Security Administrator's desk until my justice was served. But you have to turn in your "appeal"(What is this? The real 'People's Court' of Judge Judy!?) 5 days after the initial 'infraction' was recorded. Which means that I missed the deadline. (Warning! Sarcasm!)Oh well, I guess next time I'll decide that $25 is worth less than not being able to find a legitimate spot, when I'm almost late for class. OH WAIT. I WASN'T BREAKING ANY RULES. And now I will justify myself publicly, to get this off my chest, so that I don't break out in Shingles, from stressing over it... again.(run on sentence much?) And then I will depart, cause I'm seriously supposed to be working on my Dreamweaver project. Much love, have a great week!! I've got Starbucks-flavored-content for Friday!

xoxo, bex.

 Ready? I'm excited to show you.See??????

NOTICE: 1.) NO blocking of the parking space in front of my Jeep.
2.) NO parking over striped lines on the ground.

NOTICE: 1.) TONS of space- at least 25ft- between me and the car behind.
2.) NO PAINTED CURB. No Red, No Yellow, NO NOTHING.

Tuesday + Friday = Thursday. HA!

Oh wow, sorry everyone. APPARENTLY my brain is behind on what day it is. And I totally blanked that Tuesday even happened. But I am not going to let you down(totally). I've got quite a few pictures to share with you. And yes, this will be fun. I'm gonna tell you about my week :) And this doubles as Friday's post too(don't whine- no one likes a whiner) just FYI. NO, that is NOT called cheating. Ok, so maybe it is. Onward! :)

First things first, and that means food.

Last Saturday I made muffins. And I made quite a few. And I made them from a box (no laughing, Hoolia!). I definitely don't find plain muffin mix exciting, so I added my own extras as usual. These WERE destined to be just (blah)Oat Bran muffins. UNTIL I added molasses and cinnamon and chocolate chips.
Oh, yes I did.

NEXT UP!

Basic blueberry(oops, no fun inside extras), with a toasty marshmallow on top. 

I kinda folded the fruit in the mixture a little too delicately...so you can't really see the blueberry color....at all. Anywho, they were scrumptious. I'm so sad you missed out ;}

Then hell froze over. And I wore my hair curly. Really, tho. It's not too curly, it's more of a pathetic wave. You know when Napoleon Dynamite waves at his date at the prom, and she ignores him? That's the kind of pity-feeling I give myself, when I try to scrunch my hair with curling mousse, and it just falls like this. Not too terrible, I guess... if you like that whole "rejected" feeling. :P

And lastly...

I drove down to a little inlet area in my community to watch the sunset, because the day was clear and my brain was not. So I wanted to share that moment with my blog-babies. That's you. Sorry, you're probably not a baby. I'm just slightly callous-slash-crabby about the 2 sorta-sunny days we had, now that it's POURING rain again.

*le sigh*

Who's not surprised? [raises hand.]

pee, es: This weekend I'm going out of town and I'm going to have FUN DARNIT! :]

pee, es, es: Speaking of clearing my mind at the waterfront... I have a sweet treat for you next Tuesday!

xoxo, bex

Please use your brains this weekend, kids. No unchaperoned dangerous activities, and if you're gonna get into trouble, don't forget to call me! *holla!*

Tuesday Cheer Up

Guess what!
You are beautiful.

True story, see? :)
Enjoy your Tuesday, kittenfaces.

xoxo, Bex...

Batman Rides Again...wait..

You're Welcome.

Happy Tuesday.

And this was acquired from a little entertaining tumblr... Highly recommended and funny.

I adopted...

(OMG What is WITH me forgetting to post?!) ...

There was this one day that I ran across a pair of monkey's I couldn't turn down.

After all, they were on sale.

See? You would have done the same in my situation.

Don't judge me. You want a pair.

I scoot around the house in them, and I remain STATIC FREE thanks to their rubber soles.

That's right. BE jealous.

xoxo, bex..

I like funny things.

I like this...

Excel Batman... Batman always excels... just throwin' that out there...

Hello-funniest-video-I've-seen-all-week! (big foot caught on tape!)

I was at Azteca(@$$teca??) this last Friday, and this was the 

bathroom stall-door decoration. Cute? I think so.

This is just too funny, in an unrealistic-take-it-with-a-grain-of-salt type way...

Praxis and I have an ongoing joke of ways to get out of the "friend-zone"... 

A laugh was shared.

Also, I've been sick this week, since last Wednesday(thank you, co-worker)... and this is what I saved from an iced-tea-run to gauge my constant massive water-intake. This is a 'venti' size, I think that means 22 oz? 26? I need to be drinking about 6 of these a day... (that equals a lot of potty trips...)

Anywho. One last thing to make you "aww" is this...

Awwww... Tiny pinecone. And my hands are small anyway- so that says something!

Cute!

It's Tuesday. May it melt all your Monday troubles away!

xox, bex.