My "No Make Up Selfie" Experience

Scene: I've been seeing these "No Make Up #SELFIE" pictures pop up on various social media sites for the past couple weeks, and have been mentally preparing for the eventual nomination. Today marks 3 days that I've been feeling quite under the weather, and today came my nomination. I'm a good sport (plus I can't take a straight-on picture of myself smiling) and the resulting faces I caught are hilarious, so I decided to share them here. Enjoy!!

My initial reaction.

"I guess I should do this, then."

This one's decent... I think I'll go with this one.

Fun fact: I actually took these pictures in reverse order to how they appear in this post. I got the good one first (well, technically second 'cause the first one was blurry), then I just made faces and caught some funny ones. Enjoy!

Babies!!

So there was this one time a good friend of mine had a baby named Piper. Because I love my friend (and, in turn, her baby) I worked my butt off for a week and a half and crocheted her a baby blanket to give them while I was in Leth for her baby shower. I'm pretty proud of it.

My Broadway Celebrity Crush: The Female Edition

In addition to the gushing from the last post, I figured it would be a little unfair if I were to leave out Natalie Toro. Listening to this woman sing makes me want to sing again (which is a feat in itself, let me tell ya). She's done SO many things. Les Mis (I'm actually gutted that I never got to see her play Eponine... to be fair, though, it was the same year I was born), A Tale of Two Cities (in which she's magical as Mme Defarge), Cats, Evita, Jesus Christ Superstar, etc...

BUT. The role that introduced me to her was Mme Defarge in A Tale of Two Cities. Seriously, this woman's got a voice of pure gold.

So yeah. This is what's keeping me awake at night these days.

My Broadway Celebrity Crush: The Male Edition

OKAY. First off, I NEED to tell all of you about this man named James Barbour. (Don't get all excited, he's a Broadway celebrity.) This man is amazing. Just... everything he does is gold. Dracula The Musical, A Tale of Two Cities (I watched it 3 times in one day and cried each time), Jane Eyre The Musical, Assassins (2004 Broadway Revival Cast), etc... He's done poetic readings, recorded his own solo and a Christmas album, and even done an album of just Broadway covers. Holy crap this guy is good. (And those of you who know how particular/picky my taste in singers is should know how much that statement actually means coming from me.)

(The singing starts at 1:53 on the video above, but the stuff before it is funny.)

Seriously, listen to him. Do it. DO IT. Then when you've watched this video, hop over to YouTube and spend the next day and a half listening to his stuff. You'll thank me later.

Hey guess what!

 I took yet another online quiz. I was expecting something completely different (mostly because in a large number of the comments listed, people were complaining they were red wine... so I kind of thought the results were fixed), but was actually pleasantly surprised by the results! (Found HERE.)

Which alcoholic drink are you?

"Congratulations, you are scotch! Frank Sinatra would approve! Single malt or blend, neat or on the rocks. It doesn't matter. Those Scottish people know how to make a good liquor. FREEEEEEEEDOM"

The results write up was good until they quoted Braveheart. If you don't know why I don't like that movie, just ask... but be prepared to receive an earful!

It's that time of year again!

So I'm 26. It doesn't feel much different than 25, but as a friend pointed out to me on my birthday: I'm in my late 20s now... and for some reason, that hit me more than the number itself did. I just can't fathom being in my late 20s yet, as I was barely used to being 25 when my birthday came around again. It's just one of those things that I guess I have to get used to (like checking the 26-30 box on forms).

For years I tried to hide my birthday from people mostly because I hate being the centre of attention, but selfishly because I was testing my friends to see who would actually remember. It may be a little mean to admit, but I kept it up until this year. The morning of my birthday, however, I woke up to a multitude of messages from my friends and I had an epiphany. I've always believed in the African custom of 'It takes a village to raise a child,' and over the past few years I've been trying to apply that saying to my whole life. As humans, we need other people: friends, family, coworkers, teams, etc. We need people around us to be well-adjusted.... so I've tried to apply that to the people I choose to keep around me. We're not meant to do life alone, and I think that me figuring that out is a big step in the right direction in making/keeping long-lasting friendships that I always envy in older people

One more that's worth your time...

I like movies. I really like old (read: black and white) movies. I especially like reviews of movies punctuated with a bunch of sarcastic parenthetical comments. I found THIS on the internet tonight. You're welcome.