::Song of the Week:: Tori Amos - Wrapped Around Your Finger

Not a huge fan of The Police or Tori Amos, but I love this combo.

 

"Vanish in the air... you'll never find me..."

Etsy rocks, Cont'd...

I also need to own this!

I haven't actually learned to shoot yet... but the place I bought all of our survival kit contents is big on hunting and they offer private archery lessons! I know it's outlandish for me to spend so much money on something I don't even really know how to use (it's almost $300), but if I'm going to learn and get my own eventually, it definitely needs to be this bad ass.

Etsy rocks my world.

I <3 Etsy!

I just bought a bunch of awesome Harry Potter and Hunger Games themed jewelry and I couldn't be more excited for it to come in the mail. This one's my favorite:

I only started using Etsy this past Halloween when I decided I needed fingerless white lace gloves for my Belle (Disney Princess) costume. But there are just so many awesome, creative people out there making such cool stuff... so much better than all the same old junk at the mall!

So now I'm pretty sure I'm ready to open up a shop, too. A friend told me once that I should use Etsy to sell my wedding invitations, since as of now I've only gotten clients through word of mouth and from my friends' wedding guests tracking me down after the ceremony to ask if I could make theirs too. But I can also make jewelry, clothing, handbags, accessories....I'm even thinking about making soap!

I just wish I could do that for a living instead of spending 60 hours a week in HELL like I do now. Life is so unfair sometimes.

=0(

::Song of the Week:: Ingrid Michaelson - Ghost

Sometimes I know the feeling...

"Climbing up walls that I never knew were there"

::Song of the Week:: The Snake, The Cross, The Crown - Cakewalk

When I find myself in a spiritual and existential funk... I like to listen to music that reminds that there are plenty of other people who'd prefer to live the lazy life than be a responsible adult...

"NO RESPONSIBILITIES PLEASE... I wanna do what I want. AND I want to get paid."

Real or not real?

So I finally finished Mockingjay. It was amazing, of course! But now I'm really sad that it's over and I have no more adventure to look forward to! Well, aside from the movies. But those will be so few and far between, I think I might have a meltdown in the meantime.

::Song of the Week:: Juliette Commagere - Overcome

This song used to play at a clothing store I worked at a few years ago... I only just remembered about it recently and downloaded it.

Now it mostly reminds of The Hunger Games. =0P

Julliette's MySpace (No video for this song)

"We're gonna ramble 'round and break the back of this old country"

Jesus, Suzanne Collins, I am friggen captivated.

I spent the majority of my Friday night finishing Catching Fire and HOLY CRAP it was amazing. I'm trying not to go too fast with Mockingjay because I'm a little worried that I'll freak out when it's all over. But at least I have the movies to look forward to.

It really is settled though - I am a changed woman. I already felt like an asshole when I would gorge myself on junk food... already felt that my stupid job was meaningless to the real ways of the world... already believed that humanity is closing on it's final year on this earth. And now I'm even more determined than ever to just be healthy and learn how to survive. I'm going to limit my diet to only what my body really needs. Going to cut out all of my horrible habits, like smoking and NOT exercising. I'm going to learn about edible plants and continue to fill the survival kit I bought Ian last summer with useful tools. And most importantly, I'm going to take archery lessons and spend time in a shooting range.

2012 is the year of survival.  Bring it on, apocalypse.

::Song of the Week:: David Gray - This Year's Love

By the way, my "song of the week" is not always going to be a new or current song... just whatever tickles my fancy.

This song just never gets old to me... It's so pretty.

"Every dream inside my soul..."

May the odds be ever in your favor...

OK I might be a little obsessed... but these books really are awesome! Started Catching Fire yesterday and I really just want to go home sick from work so I can finish it!

I just really admire everything about Katniss' character... her strength and independence... to a point where I feel weak and am now overly motivated to be a much stronger person. Especially if shit's really going down this December like those crazy Mayans predicted... because I want to be ready.. I want to survive.

Found this awesome painting of her on Google... The girl who was on fire... She's so badass.