tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36129648885121685752023-11-16T08:22:41.076-05:00Yellow Shoes in the CityThe blog of a small-town girl who may or may not understand real life.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.comBlogger264125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-33792237777540679152014-01-31T06:32:00.000-05:002014-09-23T12:14:06.011-04:00Allow me to share a thing...Tanya is always concerned that I don’t have a set interest. It’s not idyllic when purchasing gifts for me I suppose, but I mean… I just love so much. I love everything I’ve ever gotten, regardless if I’m super into a fandom or not.** But I get on to secret kicks where I just sit and absorb. I am sponge… I am Spongebob Squarepants. I sit and I laugh uproariously to myself and just scroll through the internet.<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="tough spongebob meme computer time only ten hours today lol" src="http://media-cache-ec0.pinimg.com/736x/bc/e1/f2/bce1f2433ada2c3e30d15b29fb9e3c20.jpg" width="290" height="251" /></p><br/>Let me tell you what happens when I get deliriously excited about something: I research. Consistent and thorough research is how I deal with the tightness in my chest from anticipation. Is there a new show that someone recommended? Perfect. I will watch every episode, read director/producer/cast interviews and text people hilarious quotes. Is there a possibility I’ll have the funds to decorate a room in my house, or get staple furniture that I’ve been waiting years to buy? Break out the big girl pants, because this lady is about to do some major price comparison shopping with her good friend, Google. Paint colours, how to hang an asymmetrical grouping of art, the difference between hardware finishes, various historical themes (my bathroom is going to be Art Nouveau themed), common design patterns for that era, etc. These are all things I have seriously looked into. I could go on. Literally, I could. I would continue until your eyes bled from reading.<br/><br/>Fun fact : When <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon_bombings&sa=U&ei=VM_rUtjRL7DKsQTf_4HwDA&ved=0CCYQFjAD&usg=AFQjCNEDaZ96K2bsqxv1VjsDA7ZvPHyqtQ">the bombs went off last year at the Boston Marathon</a>, I pretty much didn’t sleep for three days. I was partially terrified, but also very into learning everything I possibly could about the situation. I stayed up to 4am listening to police scanners with Redditors. I mentioned something that I had gleamed from a late night feed in comments and it was subsequently posted to some news sites that week. This made me supremely proud, if not a little worried for where the news gets its sources. My username is an Adam West Batman reference; not thinking they should take me at my word…<br/><br/>To put it bluntly: I get scary obsessed with something for a few weeks, put everyone off with my fascination and then realize that there are other things in life to be interested in. I still have a clandestine love affair with my old interests, but they are not as intense as before. It’s a good way to live.<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" title="Michael Keaton" alt="" src="http://static02.mediaite.com/geekosystem/uploads/2013/01/Michael-Keaton.jpg" width="346" height="250" /></p><br/>What I am concerned about is the upcoming HPcation. I’ve been very bored lately. So bored, in fact, that I am trying to memorize the geographic location of all 196 recognized countries in the world (and some non recognized countries). That's not really the point of this story, but I feel like you will take pity on me and my crazies now.<br/><br/>If you are unaware, Tanya and I have kind of talked about going down to Florida for years, especially when Harry Potter World opened at Universal Studios. Each time it was mentioned, we discussed the best time to go, set a due date to save up our money and then promptly put thoughts of savings out of our mind; something always came up. We’re still both fairly young and at this stage of my life I have learned that there are a lot of things you want and a lot of things you need. Prioritizing is not always easy. Anyways, I had a crazed moment where I realized I haven’t left the country in nine years. I have gone down to Ogdensburg, which is extremely close to our border. It was only for an afternoon or so – just enough time to go to Walmart and stock up on US-only food– and then we’d head back to Canada. I wouldn’t call it a vacation.<br/><br/>[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="380"]<img alt="" src="http://ogdensburg.org/DocumentView.aspx?DID=725" width="380" height="380" /> For Reference[/caption]<br/><br/>I panicked and immediately started looking up train ticket costs, the average rent in Berlin, best backpacks to use for long term trips and the easiest ways to live in Europe for three months, as per my aforementioned panic-induced obsessions dictate I should. I then received a Universal Studios email to my personal email and had an epiphany of sorts. It was a manic sort of happiness. With three hours of extra exploring the web (along with the compiled research I had stored from three other planned Florida trips in my head) I booked a hotel in August for Tanya’s champagne birthday. I had very little patience for Tanya to actually tell me whether or not she would come with me. She would come, even if I had to pay for her.<br/><br/>That’s not even the scary part, my friends. I have spent the past four days compiling the following:<br/><ul><br/> <li>A list of necessary rides to go on, including those for a part of the park THAT IS NOT EVEN REMOTELY FINISHED YET (see: <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://www.orlandoinformer.com/universal/harry-potter-expansion/&sa=U&ei=kc7rUvq2PIvksASBzIEQ&ved=0CB0QFjAA&usg=AFQjCNGiMtXWMFiNBgUnMxbZfShXcPmkbw">Diagon Alley expansion</a>)</li><br/> <li>Menus for restaurants in our immediate vicinity, along with the best times to go to miss the lines</li><br/> <li>Directions, walking times and water-taxi schedules for the best way around the park</li><br/> <li>Ride times, average line times and best way to go around the parks without needing to take a 30 minute nausea break</li><br/> <li>The best pools around our resort, cost of spa stuff, where all the Elvis memorabilia was in the Hard Rock (they have a jumpsuit!)</li><br/> <li>What is necessary to go into 313 bags for air travel, what to pack in carryon bags, best dresses to pack on vacation, insoles for sandals so I don’t have to wear runners around</li><br/> <li>The importance of <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://www.themeparkinsider.com/news/response.cfm%3FID%3D945509089&sa=U&ei=0c7rUpm7FvPLsQS484HYDQ&ved=0CDcQFjAE&usg=AFQjCNHJbtt_yLtefa1vfLNKfIYggrUMWg">Birthday buttons at Universal</a>; what rides you can jump lines in; birthday related resort/park things that you could get</li><br/> <li>Mystic fountain questions, hidden props around the park and fun things to say to cast members</li><br/> <li>Around which area and what times <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=https://www.universalorlando.com/Shows/Universal-Studios-Florida/Beetlejuice.aspx&sa=U&ei=Bc_rUoeaNdSosAT1poCoAQ&ved=0CCIQFjAA&usg=AFQjCNFdbJ_fHSoxh6nixxAS93b8kysZbg">Beetlejuice is around</a>, because I'm ridiculous.</li><br/> <li>Merchandise in the parks that I can accrue as gifts/souvenirs</li><br/></ul><br/>This is just the beginning. Keep in mind that my mind hasn't actually accepted that this is going to happen and also that it is still seven months away. If I spent this much time on learning French for my job, I would be fluent. I’m convinced that I’ll pretty much have the entire park, resort and surrounding area memorized before we get to YOW on the 25<sup>th</sup>. I’m just so excited this is happening and that I get to share it with my very best of friends. I hope you guys don’t think I’m delusional. I’m fairly normal, if not a smidge weird. If you can think of anything we should consider before we leave in August, please let me know so that I can research as soon as possible. Many thanks.<br/><br/>** Best gift ever still goes to this year’s Crystalopoly. Half because I’ve always wanted my own Monopoly game and half because I never think that people pay attention to me enough to know what I really like. Boy, was I proven wrong. Best. Gift. Ever. Ya’ll lose. Sorry, not sorry.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-9710767067760688962014-01-22T16:10:00.000-05:002014-09-23T12:14:05.983-04:00Imaginary FriendCreate an imaginary friend (human or not).<br/><br/>Tony was a neat beast, his feet looked like hands and his hands looked like kitchen utensils. Specifically the left was a ladle and the right a spatula. Tony had the pinkest of pink skin, so pink that it was often times considered to be the inspiration for the color of pepto bismol. What happened was Tony was good friends with the inventors, he had given them the idea to create something that you could drink so that you wouldn't feel sick after eating all the terrible foods he would serve, in return the rumor is they decided to make the medicine Tony Pink. Another rumor about his skin tone is that it is simply so pink because he is actually made of pink Muppet felt. No one will ever truly know the answer because Tony is a mute. Also he doesn't speak English. His language is unknown to our kind. The only way he was rumored to be able to communicate with the makers of the Pepto bismol was through modern dance. He is a beautiful dancer. While everyone tends to use the expression graceful as a swan, swans tend to utter, graceful as Tony, when they are away from the judgmental ears of humans. Mostly because swans know that if humans found something more graceful than them then there would be legitimately no reason to keep swans around. Especially if they could figure out a way to reproduce Tonys. Tony stands three foot seven and two thirds of an inch. His nose is shaped something like a tiny trumpet and when he sneezes (which is often due to his allergies) it always comes out as a perfectly pitched E flat. His eyes roughly the size of dimes but were just solid black like a marble, make some people feel uneasy but I always like knowing that his peripheral vision is hazy at best. This is beneficial due to his raging temper and his ability to run extremely fast and also because his influential nature, he tends to quickly recruit animals to follow his lead and attack his victims. Needless to say the ability to slip away quickly when he gets mad allows you a safer get away. See, while he is a vengeful creature, he is also extremely forgetful and as long as you stay out of sight for thirty six minutes he will have completely forgotten his anger. I am afraid I cannot tell you more about Tony because he is currently in the witness protection program and any other information may give him away to the large variety of criminals and psychopaths currently looking for him.<br/><br/>So that was my first attempt at these prompts. let me know what you think. You really get no choice in the matter but it would be nice to hear from people on the internet. It gets so lonely in the real world. Is it sad if I am in no way kidding? Whatever I am going to hang out with Tony.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-55813416115204200832014-01-22T15:53:00.000-05:002014-09-23T12:14:05.967-04:00Remember Me?Oh Hi!<br/><br/>I guess you may have forgotten about me and my dear friend Crystal. You see, we have been... how do I say this... Lazy. I guess she has a better excuse than me with the ol' Two-jobs and way too much to do thing. I mostly have no excuse. I have been super busy work-wise and when I get home I have no motivation to do anything other than fall deeper and deeper into that lovely cavern I call Netflix. Its endless I tell you. ENDLESS.<br/><br/>The main issue is a lack of inspiration about writing topics. Without Crystal providing me with challenges I have nothing to say. Especially right now given that every day is basically a carbon copy of the day before. I mean what has really happened to me since you last heard from me... Nothing. I mean I did Nanowrimo again, and then there was that whole... Christmas thing. But other than that my life consists of Netflix and a lot of driving around.<br/><br/>I was at chapters the other day and I discovered this book:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/642-things.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-638" alt="642 things" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/642-things.jpg" width="609" height="458" /></a>And so now I have some inspiration. By inspiration I mean a lazy way to have other people tell me what to write about without having to wait for Crystal to not be so busy. I can't really promise a schedule right now because its me and I have commitment issues but I do intend to prewrite a bunch of the prompts so that when I am bored at work or even if Crystal wants to still contribute (strong hint..please contribute also..everyone likes you better anyway) she can. Anyways, some of these prompts are short, some of them are a bit more involved. Some are silly, some seem to be more serious. We will see where this goes but hopefully it is fun. I should also mention I picked up the 642 things to draw as well so some may just be random pictures because drawing is fun also.<br/><br/>I will begin soon! STAY TUNED!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-53438637535313744592013-09-30T06:00:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.945-04:00Best Friend Tag - That Poor Squirrel EditionOK! So lots of quizes lately, I know, but it's a fun way to get to know Tanya and I. And you get to see what terrible friends we are to one another. For instance, in this recent post I realized I had no idea who Liz Merriweather is, nor why Tanya would want to be her. It totally makes sense, of course. I'm just an idiot. THAT'S ALL *hearty laugh* Tanya on the other hand did extremely well on her half of the best-friends-newlywed-game and I'm sure that she would be given a new 2002 Cadillac as a prize or something. Very well. I am a terrible friend, that's all. Tanya is great.<br/><br/>So here is one more quiz to prove how little I know about my best friend whom I love and adore and think the world of (please still talk to me):<br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>How/When did you meet? </strong>The year: 1972. The place: A board room. Seven people in wheelchairs sit at a circular conference table with an unlabeled pop can in front of them. They are told to take a sip and to describe the effects the soda has on their tastebuds. Miraculously, they all get up. Many a cured person tweeted in joy. Thus, 7UP had a name. (I don't know probably at Oma's house for family dinner when we were both still in onesies)</li><br/> <li><strong>What is your favorite memory of them</strong>? I still think fondly of both stories that Tanya mentioned last week. I'm trying to come up with another one. This is so damn hard. Because I have excellent memories of a lot of times and they all jumble. Like Christmas Eves? Oh and the Wonderland Trips. Playing Mary Kate and Ashley in the basement, or James Bond with Kris and Sandy. Days at the Richmond house where we would just watch a season of Greys and chat. Halloweens. Me teaching her how to make Ginger cookies and then her freaking out that your hands have to go into eggs. Russell Fair weekends with the girls. Burgers. Pizza nights. That time we went to see that Mel Gibson movie and the theatre was empty except us. Gym days. Every day. Seriously. I talk to her sometimes and it just makes my day better because we're hilarious. If I had to choose one, it would probably be the experience of writing Fierce for Sandy. It was a labor of love and sugar. We weren't even Christmas shopping yet because it was still early, but we were wandering around the mall and went into Home Sense and there stood this ridiculous horse. Anyways, Tanya ended up going back for it because we came up with this nonsensical back story which ended up being told in a book. We sat in my Glebe apartment until 4am one time just laughing our asses off about the possibilities of TAaalKIngg LiiiiiiikE tHIs in A TeEEXT. It perfectly demonstrates how freaking nuts we are when we are together.</li><br/> <li><strong>Describe her in one word: </strong>myperson fits perfectly. I could also describe her as Thatshortonewhoiscreativeasalleff</li><br/> <li><strong>What is Tanya's dream job? </strong>She'd be an emmy winning sitcom writter of a hilarious comedy that everyone loved. They'd be the new Frasier of award nights.</li><br/> <li><strong>What is her favourite makeup brand? </strong>ohhhh jeeze. Ok well I know that she likes Benefit when we creep around Sephora . Otherwise Maybelline? I know she likes their mascaras (because they are great)</li><br/> <li><strong>What annoys me about her? </strong>Her complaining about me being late lol. I do not have a car and the OC transpo is not my friend. I'm either 20 minutes early or 20 minutes late. All the time. Everytime. If anything, I'm annoyed by my own place of residence because it's never convienent for her and I swear to god it's the most frustrating thing trying to park downtown.</li><br/> <li><strong>If you could go anywhere in the world together where would you go? </strong>K well Tanya's champagne birthday = HP world for sure. I've been trying to find a good deal on a hotel for the past two weeks and I think Christmas = good deals? No? Suggestions anyone? OTHERWISE anywhere. Tanya would make anywhere fun. I think mostly I want to go to England with her and show her all the pretty things and the hills and stuff. She'd like it there.</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite inside joke? </strong>Clicked like a South African. That poor squirrel. Dancing Pope. T-Pain. Cool Rider - so many to choose from.</li><br/> <li><strong>Who takes longer to get ready?</strong> The hair puts it past the mark. The answer is Tanya. I take way longer in dressing rooms because I make outfits, but I generally plan what I'm going to wear while I'm trying to sleep the night before. 15 minutes out of the shower and I'm good to go.</li><br/> <li><strong>Heels or Flats? </strong>Predominantly flats, but I love all of the heels she owns. She picks good shoes.</li><br/> <li><strong>Pants or dresses? </strong>Generally black pants but she looks so adorable in dresses that I can't even...</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite animal? </strong>Monkeys because they're smart. She's an animal person... She has a lot of elephant stuff too because elephants are great and thennn also dogs because girl's best friend</li><br/> <li><strong>If her house was burning down what would she save? </strong>I laughed so hard at the truth in Tanya's answer. As long as her dogs were out, I think she'd save her photos? Is that a thing that is possible? She'd just grab all the photos.</li><br/> <li><strong>Comedy, Horror or Chick Flick? </strong>Comedy or chick flick woohoo</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite movie? </strong>uuuuuuuhhhhmmmmm oh god. Grease 2. I'm sticking with that.</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite TV Show? </strong>FRIENDS or How I Met Your Mother or New Girl. Also Gilmore girls and greys and now she seems to be addicted to SHIELD too. Wide range.</li><br/></ol><br/> <br/><br/>Et voila! Complete! :DAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-44431977240275157832013-09-25T08:15:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.912-04:00Caps Lock Makes it REALHOORAY! GAME SHOW!<br/><br/>Crystal! You did pretty good! Also because they are the hardest questions ever because I am an asshole like that. I will totally try to do yours and then hate myself for sucking at it. First to score yours!<br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>Chandler-> </strong>You are right! I said Chandler because he is the sarcastic one who is a mess 99% of the time.</li><br/> <li><strong>BooBoo?</strong> –You had it in your secondary answers. I picked Bo because he is the king of all dogs. I did consider both Fez and BooBoo but Bo was just the tops. <strong> </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Jennifer Lawrence?-</strong>-She was my original choice, but then in my head I was all "Oh god I don't want to mess up her career, I can't act as good as her" So instead I went with someone (this is the one I changed my answer in my notebook long before she posted this) who I guess may not be considered a celebrity so thats not fair. Liz Meriweather - she is the genius behind New Girl. I would love to be in the writers room for that show. Like super crazy much.</li><br/> <li><strong>Mario Party? </strong>I should have picked Mario Party, you see I went for depth of the game. If I had to play the same game forever I don't know if MP would satisfy all my needs. It probably would... althoguh my hand may end up being all gross and blistered. I picked Lego HP but if I could make it both games so years 1-7. That way its an enormous game with lots of fun things to do. So I guess I cheated again. I Ginger Blazerfield didn't say no cheating. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>A plane ticket to HP World? </strong> Oh man this was close! I did have plane ticket but I went a bit farther and went to europe. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Elephant? </strong>I totally had elephant. I had puppy sized elephant to be specific *nerdfighterssign* and then I stupidly said a small sized chimp. But now I am thinking even if the chimp stayed small it would still age and once a chimp is like 2 years old they get highly agressive. So I want to go back to puppy sized elephant because how awesome would that be. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>You don't have to know everything</strong>? Super close! I said I would go back to high school and tell myself not to stop writing because I hated my writing teacher. Also I think I would have pushed it a lot more then not gone for photography and maybe taken writing courses instead.<br/><strong> </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Eating and Procrastinating/mess?</strong> I would like to stop both of these but instead I went for a more weird thing of picking at my nails <strong> </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Anxiety? </strong>That would have been a smarter answer then what I said. This is where I put that I wish I weren't so messy. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Ability to be on time? </strong>For sure 100% this.</li><br/></ol><br/>So you got 2 absolutely correct, and then 4 basically so right that I will give them to you, and four that were still right but not as I answered. Tricky game though !<br/><br/>Now I shall answer back about you. I will get them all the twenty kinds of wrong.<br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal was a character from FRIENDS, who would she be? –</strong> This is tricky. She does like museums like Ross... and clothes like Rachel... but shes funny like Chandler. Hmm. I think I would put it as a mix of all three? You probably would cheat like me on this and use tricky answers. <strong> </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal could bring back any pet from the dead and have it live for the rest of her life as a healthy age (not old and broken) which past pet would she bring back?</strong> – Simba. Because Simba rocks. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Which celebrity would Crystal trade lives with for one year?-</strong>- I might think she may pick Jennifer Lawrence. Or maybe whoever Henry Cavill is dating right now.</li><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal was told she could only play one video game for the rest of her life, which would she pick (any system)? — </strong>Mario Party because she is smarter than me. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal won $5000 and was forced to buy something instead of paying bills, what would she buy? — </strong>She might either take a trip or just flee to BC and buy a dog. Or she might just buy all the shoes. lol. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal could have one wild animal as a pet (size can be modified to better fit in a house) what would she get? — </strong>Puppy sized Elephant? Shes been a nerd fighter since 2007 it seems appropriate. <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what age would she go to and what would she tell herself? –</strong> She might go back and say to stay at her job at the museum she worked at in high school. Because that's more experience and might help her now. Or maybe she would talk to her high school self and just say - its okay to not know whats going on but it'll be okay one day, also, your BFF Tanya just gets EVEN MORE AWESOME every year so at least you have that to look forward to. (amiright?) <strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>What irritating habit does Crystal have that she wants to stop? — </strong>Procrastinating? That or being late. they kind of fit together. I am noticing now that this question is basically the same as the next question<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could change one non-physical-appearancey thing about herself, what would she change? — </strong>Anxiety. - same answer for you my dear<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Crystal could change one thing about Tanya, what would she change? — </strong>She would probably change me into a tortoise or something. No I am just kidding obviously. She would probably ... hmm. She might make me perhaps smarter/more intellectual so I could have more interesting opinions on the things she likes? Or she might just make me less crazy so I would pester her about stupid things less.</li><br/></ol><br/>Sooo.. How did I do?!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-81877232939674399272013-09-24T20:01:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.898-04:00Challenge: Game show hosts are all secretly robotsYou TOTALLY thought that I would forget, didn't you?<br/><br/>Well, ha. I did. And now it's quarter to midnight and I'm rushing to get this done because CAPS LOCK means business.<br/><br/>Below you will find my answers to the best-friend newlywed game hosted by our own fictitious Ginger Blazerfield *wink* (TM). I left these for a really long time, so I don't know if Tanya has changed her answers or if she even remembers that I need to do this or not. Actually that is a lie. I know Tanya has changed her answers, as she told me she wanted to literally 20 minutes after she posted the original questions. So to wrap up: quick post. Superhero marriage proposal on Friday (I'm counting this as my Wednesday post) and then everything will be hunky dory.<br/><br/><strong> </strong><br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya was a character from FRIENDS, who would she be? --</strong> This is a trick question because Tanya has traits from all the characters. But if I went with my knee-jerk reaction, it would be Chandler.<strong> </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could bring back any pet from the dead and have it live for the rest of her life as a healthy age (not old and broken) which past pet would she bring back?</strong> --Uhm crap. Dude, this is both horrifying and difficult. BooBoo the boxer? I know he wasn't your pet per se, but you're an animal person and you freaking love everything to death. Bo, Fez, Dusty, Aspen, Squee, Magoo, etc. Hard to choose one. You're mean.<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Which celebrity would Tanya trade lives with for one year?-</strong>-Jennifer Lawrence. (runners up: whoever is dating Chris Evans/Pine right now)</li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya was told she could only play one video game for the rest of her life, which would she pick (any system)? -- </strong>I should hope that she would choose Mario Party because of our history at being awesome at Mario Party. (runners up: Lego Batman 2 for the talking parts and the less annoying camera angles, Lego Harry Potter and Katamari)<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya won $5000 and was forced to buy something instead of paying bills, what would she buy? -- A </strong>plane ticket and an all inclusive stay at Harry Potter World? (runners up: world peace, a bulldog, aaannnd lots of roots sweatpants because they're cozy as all eff. I'm wearing roots sweatpants right now)<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could have one wild animal as a pet (size can be modified to better fit in a house) what would she get? -- </strong>Elephant. A teeny tiny elephant. (runners up: monkey, house hippo, fierce)<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what age would she go to and what would she tell herself? --</strong> Probably to her back at the end of grade twelve to tell herself that she doesn't have to have it all together. Or the same thing during her first year of college. I remember sitting with her at her kitchen table and she had two different programs in mind and we kind of pro/con'd them for a while and I think it was just so much pressure to choose *something* that she ended up hating what she did choose for a while. I'm glad she started kind of taking pictures again because she's hella talented. Read my letter of reference if you don't believe me. (runner up: go back to when she was like 7 and tell young Tanya to NOT run in front of the mattress *just yet* in order to avoid the screw driver Kris was throwing at her eye)<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>What irritating habit does Tanya have that she wants to stop? -- </strong>lol the only one I can think of is eating KD. But it's so delicious. (runners up: piling stuff in her office and leaving it there forever and not writing when she means to ie: procrastinating)<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could change one non-physical-appearancey thing about herself, what would she change? -- </strong>Anxiety.<strong><br/></strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could change one thing about Crystal, what would she change? -- </strong>Absolutely nothing because she's perfect. Honestly? Ability to be on time for sure. I suck at that. Or my penchant for calling everyone Dude.</li><br/></ol><br/> <br/><br/>TANYA'S CHALLENGE: Tell me my score AND answer the same questions for me. My answers have been written down in my agenda and I am stoked to see what you think.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>DFTBA!<br/><br/>Crystal<br/><br/> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-62944389815641766742013-09-24T11:57:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.882-04:00A Letter Of RecommendationTo whom it may concern,<br/><br/>I have known Tanya R. for 23 years and can attest to her ability to outperform any candidate you may have considered for this position. I am writing to offer my highest recommendation to Ms. R, a cherished friend and trusted advisor. She would be well suited for the position of “Highest Grossing Fiction Writer Ever”, as demonstrated by her past achievements, as well as her personal aspirations.<br/><br/>Tanya’s creative nature is arguably amongst the finest in the world. Her ability to circumvent expectation and pursue unusually twisted plots allows her to fully explore all expects of her own imagination. She gains inspiration from self reflection and occurrences in her own life which she subsequently transforms into a story of epic proportions. People of all ages are oftentimes in awe of her stories; they are thrilling and present such inherently human characterizations that each one proves hard to put down. She cares about each person she fabricates which is demonstrated through her background knowledge for even the most tertiary character in her story. This is also a testament to her organizational skills. Suffice to say, she’s got them.<br/><br/>Her creativity has been present throughout her life, though released through a variety of outlets, such as stenciling, dancing, painting, drawing, playing music and paper crafts. These artistic vehicles have effectively produced a well rounded yet freethinking adult. Tanya is able to communicate through these each of these art forms in a playful manner, though at the same time, she elicits a deeper emotion. Not to sound too overwrought, Tanya s able to visualize her own story so thoroughly that she could create an entire world in a matter of minutes if she so chose.<br/><br/>Tanya’s own trials have offered a lot to her creativity as well. Though she is generally introverted, she comes alive when talking about writing and art. She considers each aspect of criticism and is extremely self aware of her writing style. During the time I’ve known her, Tanya continues to develop and improve in her artistic endeavors. Her own experiences translate beautifully into a world of fantasy and her imagination does not often seem hyperbolic. Until you meet the talking horses, that is. Compared to other young writers her age, she is a hard worker and understands the challenges of her professional field. Despite her incredibly busy schedule, Tanya continues to remember her life goals. She deserves success more than anyone I’ve ever met.<br/><br/>Her writing has always been entertaining and witty, as she is in life. She is caring and does not easily judge. She helps others make improvements in their own lives and her work ethic is undeniably strong. I could go on and on about her qualifications for this position, but I would then have to write a novel myself. I have no doubts that her abilities and determination will continue to grow. I am happy to advocate for Ms. R and I hope that this letter helped you to make an informed decision to accept her for this position.<br/><br/>If you have any further questions, feel free to contact me.<br/><br/><b>Crystal P</b><br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/> <br/><br/>You guys - I suck. I know that. I've been all over the place lately and way too busy to write. Actually, the only thing I have writen lately is a recommendation letter for myself on behalf of an old prof... I'm waiting for her to proofread it, guys, I'm not just going to put words into someones mouth. How dare you and your implications! Anyways... I got Tanya to read over my letter about how great I was so that I didn't sound way too over the top and then she said: "Uhh that letter is fricken amazing... I want you to write me daily letters so I feel competant." And it made me sad because she is MORE than competant, am I right, folks? So that's how this happened. And it's just a first draft! Too many commas and not enough good stuff. Needs to be more flow. I don't know.<br/><br/>And so to finish this off: things are happening and there's lots of ... stuff and things. My life is busy and I might be doing more stuff and things soon so I can't promise that I'm going to be on here regularly. It's totally fine because Tanya's the better one anyways. That's all I really want to say. BUT I WILL DO THE BEST FRIEND GAME SHOW CHALLENGE TONIGHT. Capslock makes it real.<br/><br/><3 xx<br/><br/>DFTBA<br/><br/>CrystalAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-16340179797765672152013-09-22T12:56:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.850-04:00Best Friend TagGood Afternoon folks!<br/><br/>Today is Sunday the somethingth and I have just cleaned my office. I not only cleaned off my desk but I took out my broken filing cabinet and also cleaned my bookshelves and rearranged them to better display dorky things. You see the key to having me clean is to trap me in my house without the ability to leave. The Bell people are supposed to swing by and take care of my phone line but I suspect they wont be here until 4:55pm and then will tell me they want to charge me $300 to fix it. Which I don't want. That would suck all the things.<br/><br/>So what is going on? Nothing really.. I recently watched a YouTube video that went through "The Best Friend Tag" and decided that I would do that as a challenge to myself. Very similar to the newly wed game I made for Crystal except that I don't have to think up any more questions.<br/><br/>SO LET'S DO THIS! All the answers are about Crystal and I didn't think of them so if they aren't as super awesome as <a title="Challenge #6: That’s What She Said" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/challenge-6-thats-what-she-said/">the questions I thought up</a>, its not my fault. You will just have to wait patiently until Crystal has a chance to write her responses.<br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>How/When did you meet</strong>? No idea, I assume some time after she was birthed when I was 1.5 I would think we would have been placed near each other.</li><br/> <li><strong>What is your favorite memory of them</strong>? So many to choose from. I can't really pick a favorite, but way up there was the time that Crystal, myself and our friend Adrian were at her house playing the Sims. I had just passed my G1 (in Ontario they make you take 10000 tests before you are allowed to drive) and then it was also near Christmas. We were in Crystal's room on her computer when she decided that she had waited long enough and she wanted to snoop in the bag of presents in her parents room. Me, loving Christmas and surprises wrestled her to the ground and we continued fighting while Adrian sat at the computer completely ignoring our screams for help as he called out "How do I make them move?" (referring to the characters in the game). It was great. Also more recently I would say True American and Comicon. Getting to meet Burt Ward with my best friend by my side keeping me from imploding was the best ever.</li><br/> <li><strong>Describe her in one word: </strong>myperson. It counts as as one if there are no spaces.</li><br/> <li><strong>What is Crystal's dream job? </strong>She would work in a museum in England of Chicago probably. She would be the super fancy marketing person who made museums more popular</li><br/> <li><strong>What is her favourite makeup brand? </strong>I think she likes stuff from sephora but I really don't know much about makeup to know brands. I am sure her favourite is something super fancy adn expensive that neither of us could afford just look at from a safe distance.</li><br/> <li><strong>What annoys me about her? </strong>I dislike when she is late. But she always feels bad so then I feel bad about being annoyed so its very bad all around.</li><br/> <li><strong>If you could go anywhere in the world together where would you go? </strong>Well other than our awesome adventure we will do next year to mother F*!#$% Harry Potter World, I really want to do like a 2-3 week adventure to Europe. I want to go to England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Holland. So we might need more then 2 weeks. But it has to happen.</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite inside joke? </strong>Clicked like a South African.</li><br/> <li><strong>Who takes longer to get ready?</strong> <strong></strong> Umm... I would say me. My hair is essentially an entire being on its own so if we were going to go somewhere and actually try to look nice I take longer. I think if its just like, every day stuff, judging by the time she takes in trying on clothes, it would probably be her. Only because she actually puts effort into outfits and stuff. I just grab one super hero shirt and black pants and pretend I am an adult.</li><br/> <li><strong>Heels or Flats? </strong>I think she wears flats more but she can walk better in heels then me by far.</li><br/> <li><strong>Pants or dresses? </strong>Depends on the season. She looks super good in dresses and has several. But we live in Canada and need to be realistic. Although Tights are a magical thing. I am learning from Crystal and started wearing dresses all the time because of the new job, and now I see why she does it. Very comfy once you get used to it.</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite animal? </strong> I am going to go with dogs because she really wants one.</li><br/> <li><strong>If her house was burning down what would she save? </strong>Honestly she would probably have to save Kris because he sleeps through everything and wouldn't wake up</li><br/> <li><strong>Comedy, Horror or Chick Flick? </strong>I think depending on the day she could watch any of these things. Usually together we watch comedy or chick flick because my crazies can't handle horror.</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite movie? </strong>Maybe Singing in the Rain, but I am not 100% sure :S</li><br/> <li><strong>Favourite TV Show? </strong>Maybe West Wing or Gilmore Girls. She also likes New Girl. I don't know her absolute favoruite thoguh, I think she also watches game of thrones but I am not super sure. Sorry Crystal, we just talked about this I just forget :(</li><br/></ol><br/>Anyways, my phone is now fixed! Not that anyone ever calls my home phone to talk to me, but it does mean I can use it sometimes to call companies that I don't want to waste my minutes on.<br/><br/>I also noticed there are no pictures of me on this blog that weren't drawn, not that this will change but here is a picture I found while cleaning of Crystal and I probably 19-20 years ago! Please not the food on my face (the one on the right) and the snot on Crystal's nose (obviously the one on the left)<br/><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG-20130922-01166.jpg"><img class="wp-image-613 alignleft" alt="IMG-20130922-01166" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/IMG-20130922-01166.jpg" width="653" height="490" /></a></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-10919204869397686632013-09-16T13:59:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.817-04:00Grampie is now Sean ConneryYou know that annoying moment when you write half a post and then your computer shuts off without explanation? Stupid technology.<br/><br/>ANYWAYS STARTING OVER!<br/><br/>Not too long ago now I was given the challenge to write a movie very loosely based on my life. <a title="Challenge #3 – Pilot Season" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/challenge-3-pilot-season/">I did</a>. I also had to cast the people who would play my friends, family and myself. I did that also. I only had one complaint on casting. (Granted not all of them read this). So now, Grampie will be played by Sean Connery. We wil think of a new origin story of the grandparents relationship because I don't think we can play off Sean's lovely accent as being Canadian.<br/><br/>So I have been mostly absent for a while. That is because I have been both extremely busy and even more lazy. I have been running around like a crazy working on some stuff that I don't feel like explaining right now because it still doesn't sound like a real thing that can happen to someone like me. Also because I don't know how to process it because its too much for someone with my brain capacity. But I will say its going well and so far it is fun enough!<br/><br/>I have not been writing though and that bothers me. I haven't really had the time but I need to make it because writing is the most important thing short of making sure the animals eat because otherwise they die and then thats no good for anyone.<br/><br/>But you know what, Crystal owes me a punishment. I missed Thursday without even an attempt to get a challenge. So Crystal: you get to think up a punishment for my untimelyness. I know you are crazy busy and hardly have time to sleep but whenever you get the chance. I think after this one maybe we will establish a temporary hold on challenges until your schedule calms down a bit so you can actually participate. Its not as much fun to do challenges if I don't get to read answers every Monday. Still though, I really want to see if you can get the answers to the ones from before so whenever you feel like doing them do it!<br/><br/>What else is happening...... uuuhhhm. I have a hilarious video but I don't think I am allowed to put it online because Dave will get super upset. Essentially he is outrun by the pug. and then he falls. Classic.<br/><br/>Oh sweet jesus my computer shut down AGAIN. I apparently cant move the chair because it will hit the desk and shut the computer down some how. Luckily this time it seems to have save its all. I think I will quite while I am ahead and run away.<br/><br/>Leave a comment on what you want me to talk about until Crystal comes back!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-83151241350838706462013-09-09T08:14:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.796-04:00“I have spilt my latte on my cardigan”Notes for Tanya: This is a thing I wrote last week at work. Sorry it's so long. I will do my superhero boyfriends and gameshow challenge when I can, but I work tonight too. I feel terrible because I can't keep up to your schedule. I've only got like 20 hours at Retailland this week so it should lend more time to posting. One or the other will be posted tonight. If you want two challenges this week to make up for your lack of challenge last week, let me know. Anyways... here's the post.<br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/>The title above is an actual text that I sent to Tanya last Monday afternoon.<br/><br/>Context: I was extremely excited to get a Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Latte (The first of the year! Yum!), and was on my way back to the office when I decided to hold onto to the top of my coffee cup with my teeth as I opened the door. The rest is pretty self explanatory. Don’t ask why I did this. I completely disregarded all safety precautions that are bolded on the bottom of each Starbucks take-away coffee cup. I feel dumb even talking about it. My cardigan will never be the same.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400"]<a href="http://sean.b1057.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/PSL-Food.jpg"><img id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://sean.b1057.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/PSL-Food.jpg" width="400" height="400" /></a> NB: It is not advised to pumpkin spice cardigans.[/caption]<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Resolution: I will never try to hold a coffee cup with my teeth ever again… or at least until next time I have to go through a door.<br/><br/> <a name='more'></a><br/><br/>That is not the point of this post. The point is that I texted Tanya, turned off my phone and then went back into the office slightly soggy and smelling of Pumpkin Spice. When I went to text Tanya again (which I do extremely often) I realized how incredibly hipster I sounded. If those of you who read this are unaware of the definition of ‘hipster’, I will provide one for you. Urbandictionary defines ‘hipster’ as:<br/><br/>- “n. Definitions are too mainstream.”<br/><br/>- “(hip-stur) n. A 20 something white, upper-middle class suburban transplant to any gentrifying neighborhood in any major city, but Brooklyn, NY in particular. Disheveled, hand-me-down appearance to present the image that they are not a slave to trends or fashions(ha!) They typically wear thick, Andy Warhol-like glasses (whether they need them or not), unshaven, unkempt shaggy hair and retro Converse sneakers sometimes with no laces. The term is often used as a pejorative considering a "hipster" detests being called a "hipster."<br/><br/> <br/><br/>[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="446"]<a href="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/6/20/10/enhanced-buzz-19504-1371739480-9.jpg"><img class=" " alt="Phoebe" src="http://s3-ec.buzzfed.com/static/enhanced/webdr02/2013/6/20/10/enhanced-buzz-19504-1371739480-9.jpg" width="446" height="617" /></a> Phoebe - Celeste Doodles, Tumblr[/caption]<br/><br/>Therefore, cardigans are hipster and lattes are hipster. I’m just imagining that text message not coming from me, but from one of <a href="http://celestedoodles.tumblr.com/">CelesteDoodles</a>' mock-ups of grown up Magic School Bus characters (note: they are all very artsy and hipster). I’m slightly put off. Not that I have anything wrong with the movement, but I just don’t associate myself with it. I’m not trendy or fashionable or cool in anyway. Not even in an ironic way. If by ‘disheveled’ the urbandictionary users really mean that a person looks like they woke up after 4 hours of sleep and didn’t have time to wash their hair. I wear $5 tee shirts from the grocery store and I couldn’t tell you what cool things are happening this weekend - unless you wanted to know how great season 5 of the West Wing is (ps: it’s excellent). If you think otherwise, you’re very wrong and I suggest you get a CAT scan because you may have a tumor that is affecting your optical nerve.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>I have started having a crisis of identity: What if I have been hipster all along? Should I be more annoyed with the classification than I actually am? What if I am extremely artsy and cool and can wear scarves various ways? What if I actually do have effortlessly beautiful hair and I never realized it? Have I been putting too much effort into my fashion and lifestyle choices? Shouldn’t I just be inherently be able to look gorgeous in an Instagram upload as I tilt my head, cock my hip and smile slightly? Do I like Pabst and I’ve just been faking it? How into vintage clothes shopping am I really? I do end up at Value Village when I have $10 to my name; does that count? I’m not going to fight this; I will allow the internet to define me!<br/><br/>To determine whether I’ve been making my life harder than it has to be [because obviously hipsters have it very easy]; I have decided to take a quiz. You can do it too! There are a ton of different options to really understand your personal level of ‘hipster-ness’, but I ended up going to: <b>http://tinyurl.com/hipsterquiz</b>. This is mostly because it was one of the first options on the list; technically it’s about hipster boys, but it almost 100% still applied. Here are my results:<br/><br/>“26-33 - In most situations people are probably going to call you a hipster. You're never seen without a pair of <b>skinny jeans</b>, a plaid shirt, an ironic (not really ironic anymore) mustache while sipping on 24oz of the Blue Ribbon. Hell you might even blog about music, style and <b>what makes a hipster</b>. But something's missing. You're just not as plugged into the hipster social and music scene like you should be. Your more hipster friends will accept you and celebrate when you're around. But when you're not, they'll secretly scoff at the fact that you don't own a fixie all while they Instagram pictures of their 100% local grown and raised organic meal with a kick-ass Nashville filter.”<br/><br/>[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="476"]<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-admin/explosm.net"><img id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://cdn.twentytwowords.com/wp-content/uploads/Literal-Instagram-634x387.png" width="476" height="313" /></a> Cyanide and Happiness[/caption]<br/><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><br/>This absolutely makes sense. So much so that, aside from the mustache comment, I’m pretty sure that this website is stalking my life. Thankfully, I have not yet fallen in love with Pabst, but I mean… I like trying different local brews. I also like Converse. Hello, my name is Crystal, and I am at least a pseudo-hipster. At most I am a museum loving, Spice Girls lip-syncing, job-hating, coffee-drinking, bees-kneeing bibliophile who doesn’t drink Pabst. Please to meet you.<br/><br/>Tanya, I hope you’ll still accept me, despite my latte-loving, cardigan-wearing ways. Regardless, here's your challenge: Let me know what 3 items you would save (the Boy and dogs not included) if your house was on fire. Pictures would be appreciated.<br/><br/>DFTBA <3<br/><br/> <br/><br/>PS: this was kind of a joke, guys. I’m not really trying to be a bully against hipsters or try to define people based on an extremely vague set of parameters.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-82243180051639472672013-09-05T18:27:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.783-04:00Challenge-lessHi guys!<br/><br/>So its thursday, AKA - Tanya's challenge day. But you see I have no challenge. Crystal will still be posting of course but she works too much and too often and I keep making the mistake of making challenges that are too long and involved.<br/><br/>So note for Crystal: On the That's what she said challenge I would like to offer you the opportunity to only have to pick 5 out of the 10 questions that are there. Then I will just save the other 5 for a punishment or something. I forgot the challenge before what it was so I don't know if it can be lessened. But any answers are better than no answers!<br/><br/>So I don't really know what to do today... I guess I could self-challenge.... but I can barely think of challenges for Crystal let alone challenges for myself.<br/><br/>This weeks Challenge for Crystal is to complete her overdue challenges. If she completes them both by Monday I will wave the one punishment she should get from missing this monday. Sound fair to everyone?<br/><br/>Anyway, its late and I am exhausted from working all day so I am off to bed!<br/><br/>Goodnight and DFTBA!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-79733517064853431392013-09-01T06:21:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.756-04:00Challenge #6: That's What She SaidThinking up challenges is hard, especially when I have to think up punishments too. Jeepers.<br/><br/>Anyway, challenge the sixth time will be a two parter! Well I guess three including this.<br/><br/>So Part One: THE QUESTIONS!<br/><br/>Well, let's go back to pre-part one: THE EXPLANATION!<br/><br/>What we are going to do is a buddy version of the Newlywed Game. I am going to ask a few questions and Crystal will answer based on how she thinks I would answer about myself. Make sense? Does anything I say? Okay, further explanation needed, say I ask "I would describe my height as..." then Crystal would answer "Short" and I would then later reveal my answer as "Short" and then she gets a point. If she gets it wrong, no point. If she gets enough points then something will happen. I haven't decided what yet. And to make it very fair I will write down my answers as I make up the questions so that I don't change them based on her answers. And if you still don't trust me I can email them to Sandy so she can verify them as honest if need be.<br/><br/>So are we ready to question Crystal about her knowledge of me!? (PS: To be completely honest I would be so bad at this game if I had to answer the questions about anyone else, Crystal will probably kill it.)<br/><br/>First, lets introduce our host, Ginger Blazerfield!<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gingerblazerfield.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-593" alt="gingerblazerfield" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/gingerblazerfield.jpg" width="443" height="514" /></a>Ginger, please begin.<br/><br/><strong>Alright Tanya! Welcome to our new (not so original) game that we will call "THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID"! Here are the questions for Crystal to answer based on how she believes Tanya would answer! Crystal should provide a small insight into her reasoning for the answers with each decision. Let's begin, </strong><br/><ol><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya was a character from FRIENDS, who would she be? </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could bring back any pet from the dead and have it live for the rest of her life as a healthy age (not old and broken) which past pet would she bring back?</strong></li><br/> <li><strong>Which celebrity would Tanya trade lives with for one year? </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya was told she could only play one video game for the rest of her life, which would she pick (any system)? </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya won $5000 and was forced to buy something instead of paying bills, what would she buy? </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could have one wild animal as a pet (size can be modified to better fit in a house) what would she get? </strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could go back in time and tell herself one thing, what age would she go to and what would she tell herself?</strong></li><br/> <li><strong>What irritating habit does Tanya have that she wants to stop?</strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could change one non-physical-appearancey thing about herself, what would she change?</strong></li><br/> <li><strong>If Tanya could change one thing about Crystal, what would she change?</strong></li><br/></ol><br/><strong>Crystal, please answer all questions on Monday with your reasoning. Remember, answer the questions how you think Tanya would answer, not how you would answer. Tanya has asked me to remind you that you still owe us a challenge regarding <a title="Inconvenient Super Skillz" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/inconvenient-super-skillz/">the marriageability of a superhero</a>. Until next time, I am Ginger Blazerfield and this was That's What She Said. </strong><br/><br/>Thank you Ginger, that was great. Anyway, that is our new game. Feel free to play along in the comments! Although, don't answer for how you think I would answer because then you are giving hints to Crystal, you can take these questions and play yourself with a partner if you like! Good luck Crystal!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-21214275773750490322013-08-30T17:41:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.734-04:00Punishment #2 - apologetic selfiesHey all,<br/><br/>It's hella storming right now so I hope that my internet doesn't decide to crash when I try to post this. It is a new-suburb level of precariousness that I have not live with since we moved to the Bay. At least we get high speed here. Ok... enough small talk. I have a punishment to get done, and Freddy only knows how much I dislike posting selfies on the internet. I only do it if I *really* like a picture. And it's not often that I do. As promised:<br/><br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture050.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-585" alt="picture050" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture050-300x168.jpg" width="542" height="301" /></a><br/><br/>And catbug for cutness:<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture051.jpg"><img alt="picture051" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture051-300x168.jpg" width="465" height="260" /></a><br/><br/>I never have technology with a good camera. Figures.<br/><br/><3 Crystal<br/><table style="width: 1132px;"><br/><tbody><br/><tr valign="top"><br/><td style="border: none;"></td><br/><td style="border: none;"></td><br/></tr><br/></tbody><br/></table><br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/> <br/><table style="border: none; width: 98%;"><br/><tbody><br/><tr valign="top"><br/><td style="border: none;"></td><br/></tr><br/></tbody><br/></table><br/><table style="border: none; width: 98%;"><br/><tbody><br/><tr valign="top"><br/><td style="border: none;"></td><br/><td style="border: none;"></td><br/></tr><br/></tbody><br/></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-18594299468771436402013-08-29T20:12:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.719-04:00Top Notch Interviewokay so Crystal just texted me my challenge at 11 pm. I think that having it done by midnight is not overly likely but on the record its 11:23 pm and I am starting so no punishment needed.<br/><br/>She challenged me to find four celebrity interviews of 4 different celebrities that I like. See I have a lot of favourites because for some reason I just spend all my time watching interviews. Who knows why, its just what I do.<br/><br/>Okay so I have been searching for one particular video for like ten minutes and its no where to be found on youtube which is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. Also, how in goodness' name do I even put youtube videos in this contraction. Damn I have no clue.<br/><br/>Maybeeeee I found it.<br/><br/>OKAY! We are in business.<br/><br/>To start, this is just a short clip of the How I met Your Mother cast where Neil Patrick Harris leaves in the middle of the interview to go pee. Classic.<br/><br/><object width="576" height="325" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/g9_B8JZDTuw?version=3&hl=en_US" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="576" height="325" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/g9_B8JZDTuw?version=3&hl=en_US" allowFullScreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" /> </object><br/><br/>This video is Will Smith and his kid and then they start singing. Sounds iffy, but stay invested because a very special guest or two from one of the best shows ever join in and its amazing.<br/><br/><object width="614" height="346" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwS14TiO7Pk?version=3&hl=en_US" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="614" height="346" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZwS14TiO7Pk?version=3&hl=en_US" allowFullScreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" /> </object><br/><br/>The first part of this. Jennifer Lawrence is the best. She meets Jack Nicholson and hilarity ensues. Essentially she asks to be his girlfriend and then fangirls over him. Love it.<br/><br/><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/WJmhsJ5T5L0?wmode=transparent" height="340" width="603" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/>Grammie and Grampie, maybe don't watch this one. This is Russell Brand. He is so funny in interviews. Him plus Craig Ferguson whom I love, it just is so fast and so crazy and so strange.<br/><br/><object width="618" height="348" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/N7lw1oQFd6Y?version=3&hl=en_US" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="618" height="348" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/N7lw1oQFd6Y?version=3&hl=en_US" allowFullScreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" /> </object><br/><br/>BONUS VIDEO! I love these two girls. They sing songs on Ellen and she sends them to all the red carpets to interview people. This one I enjoy because Chris Pine. That's enough of a reason right?<br/><br/><object width="602" height="339" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xlNzjrm1L7U?version=3&hl=en_US" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="602" height="339" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xlNzjrm1L7U?version=3&hl=en_US" allowFullScreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" /> </object><br/><br/>BAM. Challenge done! 12:05 but I am giving myself that becuase come on. Also I had to find a button thing to add youtube videos.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-11704244960917156482013-08-27T19:58:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.706-04:00Punishment #2So as it is Tuesday and Crystal has not yet responded to my Challenge it seems as though I need to now think of a punishment. This is a challenge. For me I mean. You see its tricky enough to think of the challenges let alone bonus punishments. So here is how it will work this time. (Also this post is going to be brief because I am tired and want sleep).<br/><br/>Last time I gave Crystal the <a title="Longest Post EVER" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/longest-post-ever/">choice between three punishments</a> which was lovely. So we are going to do that again.<br/><br/>Please complete one of the following punishments THIS WEEK to make up for missing your day on Monday. Please note you still have to do your Monday challenge also.<br/><ul><br/> <li>OPTION A - Tell one embarrassing story about your self from Middle School ages (11-13) CANNOT INVOLVE TANYA.</li><br/> <li>OPTION B- you would have to answer the most recent challenge you gave to me (<a title="Challenge #4 – Phenomenal cosmic power!" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/challenge-4-phenomenal-cosmic-power/">Super Power Choice)</a></li><br/> <li>OPTION C – take a picture or yourself with a post-it stuck to your forehead that reads as follows: I AM UNTIMELY AND I APOLOGIZE.</li><br/></ul><br/>So now we get to look forward to Crystal completing this as well as her Monday challenge. To be fair she is the one who said I would need to punish her because she was too busy for Monday's post. So really she should get a pass but she wanted the punishment so here it is. I am going to go for the evening. Because its almost tomorrow.<br/><br/>Anyways Crystal, thank you so much for the blog-style birthday card. I loved it! I will be posting a picture perhaps Thursday or Saturday to show off the gifts you made me. People need to know how amazing you are. And, if you are sad about your punishment, just be glad your not Dobby the House Elf and that you don't have to iron your hands when you misbehave. post-its and stories not looking so bad eh?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-32102998707676419742013-08-26T05:30:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.682-04:00Tanya, it's your birthday.<p style="text-align: center;">Good morning, world.</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">Today is my best friend's 25th birthday</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://newmediarockstars.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/pusheen25.gif&sa=X&ei=g1MbUqjiGpT84AP85YD4CQ&ved=0CAQQ8wc4FA&usg=AFQjCNGw2eoqdC6RLYI_L-UUz_sJWN7rCA" width="200" height="218" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">This means that this (late) post will be a gif set in tribute to her awesomeness. Mostly because she deserves it, but partly because I didn't post on Friday and I'm semi terrified of Tanya's wrath. As she has a great many powers that she has cultivated from her grammie. Mainly, the death glare - it is really scary, guys.</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">So, Tanya. I know you a little better than to expect you to wake up like this:</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" id="fullimg" title="click to unzoom" alt="how i metyour mother lily birthday himym how i met your mother" src="http://imageshack.us/a/img812/3077/fallenmelodylj7b.gif" width="516" height="258" /></p><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;">But you should still be pumped up, dear girl, because your birthday is an important opportunity for celebrations! Or at least fun gif sets! So gather your F.R.I.E.N.D.S.;</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://media.tumblr.com/a021ddcb5891771a5fd6da6ff2a1c7e9/tumblr_inline_mof2xdnl911qz4rgp.gif&sa=X&ei=k1AbUumsEa3c4AOWv4G4Cw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4Hw&usg=AFQjCNEr0zu3P9ffOuzi_cRkk4nVG4gsCQ" width="350" height="263" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">Get the music pumping;</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDEzLzA3LzMwLzg2L25pY2tuZXdnaXJsLmY4YTk5LmdpZgpwCXRodW1iCTg1MHg1OTA-CmUJanBn/b46bc34d/ef0/nick-new-girl.jpg&sa=X&ei=GVAbUtPoLPP64AOzh4CYAw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4Dw&usg=AFQjCNG6f-rTJZnmXwtMp49pGnaTtkzLLA" width="443" height="207" /></p><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;">And take Lydia Bennet's advice:</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/birthday-lbd.bmp"><img alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://media.tumblr.com/bebe33c4cb3a3b913322c8ba670f7717/tumblr_inline_mkd45hxarZ1qz4rgp.gif&sa=X&ei=61UbUrfWKe7K4AP5uoH4Cw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4JA&usg=AFQjCNH_B9vrTY_MPd3wqEP7nKSKwhpLIw" /></a></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">I know I didn't make you ginger cookies, and you don't like cake. Would you partake in a birthday cupcake if a certain special someone made them for you?</p><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"> </p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/birthday-death-eaters.gif"><img class="size-medium wp-image-571 aligncenter" alt="birthday - death eaters" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/birthday-death-eaters.gif" width="245" height="215" /></a></p><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;">No? Well that's all good, I don't want you to get all world-domination-y on me anyways. Just remember you don't have to have everything figured out, aside from our trip to Harry Potter world next year. Not every one has to be as anal as Paris:</p><br/> <br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://www.crushable.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Paris-Geller.gif&sa=X&ei=pE8bUu-LDqT84AO5qoHICw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4Bw&usg=AFQjCNEIcv6OAR6DXmejRmvrVhSVWNSceA" /></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">So happy 25th, darling. I will obviously be texting you throughout the day, but I thought this would be an excellent way to really express how happy I am that we're friends and that you're having to deal with all this aging stuff before me so that you can let me know what to do lol.</p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcmxph4bTC1qbiack.gif&sa=X&ei=31UbUpzxPIez4APc0YGIBw&ved=0CAQQ8wc4CQ&usg=AFQjCNFyevQjJ1N6_ZLDlxn2qLX4BGONjg" width="500" height="248" /></p><br/> <br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/> <br/><br/>Extra bonus gif:<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://www.google.ca/url?source=imgres&ct=img&q=http://24.media.tumblr.com/d835d51723c362ef913ea863bfe9591a/tumblr_mocptb3iNx1r0tmv8o1_250.gif&sa=X&ei=B1EbUuWnEfLB4AO9g4HwDg&ved=0CAQQ8wc4CQ&usg=AFQjCNEgIFiV-0ASUSTE7yIBtECttK3aNQ" width="245" height="147" /></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-30434083739266905762013-08-22T06:32:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.656-04:00Inconvenient Super SkillzThis Mustache Wizard is quite the little weirdo isn't he? He fits right in with our <a title="Squirrel Attack" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/squirrel-attack/">Attack Squirrel</a> and <a title="Bathroom Etiquette" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/bathroom-etiquette/">Toilet Penguins</a>.<br/><br/>This is a tricky challenge for sure. I am sure normal people often think about becoming a super hero and I am WAY beyond normal so it is literally one of my top recurring thoughts.<br/><p style="padding-left: 120px;">Tanya's Top Recurring Thoughts:</p><br/><br/><blockquote><br/><blockquote><br/><blockquote><br/><ol><br/> <li>Where can I get Ice Cream</li><br/> <li>I wish I were a super hero</li><br/> <li>(If I am not wearing Sweatpants) I wish I were in my sweatpants</li><br/> <li>(If I am wearing sweatpants) Man I love sweatpants</li><br/></ol><br/></blockquote><br/></blockquote><br/></blockquote><br/>So it's a good thought process constantly forming around being super. I have often thought about what powers I would want, how I would use them, and even sometimes how I would have come to develop them. Would I be like Batman/Batgirl/Robin who are all normal people with too much money and athletic ability so they beat up criminals after training for years? Would I be bitten by some radioactive spider? Would I be given a super serum that makes me grow two feet and become super attractive and bad ass while still maintaining my short person attitudes? Would I find out that I was a mutant and had these powers all along but didn't know how to use them? So many options and origin potentials. Mustache Wizard, now that has not been done yet. Maybe... Unless you count Dumbledore who kind of makes Harry into a super hero sort of by being all "FIND THE HOROCRUX HARRY!" and then dying so that Harry HAS to find the horocrux(s? what is the plural of horocrux? J.K Rowling, little help?) because otherwise hes going back on a dead man's last wish and that would be rude. MOVING ON!<br/><br/>Okay so if you are lost, <a title="Challenge #4 – Phenomenal cosmic power!" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/challenge-4-phenomenal-cosmic-power/">Crystal challenged me</a> to pick between the three faulty super powers that the Mustache Wizard was looking to grant me. Are you following now? As a reminder if you don't want to read the whole thing these are my three options:<br/><br/><em>1. You can become invisible. It’s not at will and no one is quite sure how it is triggered, no one knows when it ends. You can’t go through walls, people can still hear you when you speak/move/pass gas.</em><br/><br/><em>2. You can hear people’s thoughts. Rules: it can’t be turned on or off at will, they have to be within a 50 meter radius of you and you will hear every thought. Keep in mind that most people don’t think through everything they are doing, aren’t serious about everything they think and their minds are most likely in the gutter more than half the time.</em><br/><br/><em>3. You can never die. This one kind of speaks for itself. You have the gift and curse of immortality and you’ll be around when the world burns. Oh and you can still feel pain. Duh, forgot to mention that.</em><br/><br/>So Crystal asked if I would accept his offer or reject it and why, so let us analyze the possibilities shall we before we make any crazy decisions.<br/><br/>1. Unstable Invisibility:<br/><ul><br/> <li>Well not being able to control it really limits it ability to be effective. If I could control it I could I suppose use it to spy but that only does me good if I then have the capability to do something with the information I have obtained. So say I become a super hero and find myself invisible for a good stretch, I wander into the super villains lair to spy and find out their devious plan. Situation A, I find out the plan and then what? notify the authorities? Perfect, they will call me the Super Snitch, or Situation B, I am sitting quietly waiting for the plan when my spotty invisibility gives out and there I am in the middle of a room of goons about to be either killed or much more likely trapped in an easily escape-able scenario which I will get out of because a super villain is nothing without a hero. (See the movie "Megamind" for proof. PS. yes I count movies as valid proof.)</li><br/></ul><br/>2. Mind Reader:<br/><ul><br/> <li>Okay so this reminds me of the movie "What Women Want" (again, yes my whole life revolves around movie plots apparently and all interactions are then filtered through and responded to in a less dramatic version) So if you don't know the movie it's basically that Mel Gibson gets electrocuted and then can hear all the women's thoughts. He is a misogynist but eventually turns himself around into a nicer fellow. But he then loses his powers and blah blah blah boring. Anyhow, the thing is, he hears the talking all the time. Now it might be fine if you are in the room with one person because that's only one thing to hear on top of them talking, but imagine you are sitting on the bus and everyone is thinking different things in different languages? I can't even keep the voices in my head straight let alone the voices of hundreds of others. Also, how would this help me stop a super villain? I guess if I could situate myself again far to close to them I could know their plans and just inconvenience them at every turn, but there are only so many times I can follow them around the world. They would eventually catch on and just get a restraining order so that I can't get close enough to hear their thoughts and then BAM I useless.</li><br/></ul><br/>3. Forever Alive:<br/><ul><br/> <li>So what this doesn't specify which I am glad I thought of now was no where does the Mustache Wizard specify that you would never get old. He just said never die. So would you keep deteriorating until you were a gelatinous ooze of old puddling around in a blob until the end of time comes, a giant comet blows up the earth and then I am stuck floating the universe as a puddle of skin? That's an unpleasant visual. Although this one does prove the most useful against bad guys, as if you never die then you have lots of time to train in various death-skills (martial arts, shooting, etc.) also, maybe in the future they will have readily available jet packs so I could fly around and stuff. Also gives me lots of time to get money and stuff. Even if I can't just make it I could perhaps steal it, if I served a bunch of years in prison I would just still be alive so I could go find it when I got out. Although again, gelatinous skin blob is not very conducive to fighting crime.</li><br/></ul><br/>[caption id="attachment_565" align="aligncenter" width="945"]<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/end-of-the-world.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-565" alt="end of the world" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/end-of-the-world.jpg" width="945" height="651" /></a> When you become a giant skin blob it becomes harder to find clothes that fit.[/caption]<br/><p style="text-align: left;">So all choices equally considered, I think I would have to say no to the Mustache Wizard and just remain a regular person. Also, as I was taken to an island with Crystal and Chris Pine I don't need any powers. I got all I will ever need. (Side note: I took like 20 minutes drawing that picture. I should probably reevaluate my priorities but it for sure isn't going to happen.)</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">CHALLENGE #5:</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Now that you have started a discussion of super heroes, I would like to continue that.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Your challenge is to pick a super hero whom you would marry. Now, this isn't all that simple. You will have to take each super hero from the list below and check them through the criteria provided.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Here is your list of potential suitors:</p><br/><br/><ul><br/> <li>Batman</li><br/> <li>Superman</li><br/> <li>Captain America</li><br/> <li>Thor</li><br/> <li>Iron Man</li><br/></ul><br/>Now you take each of those lovely fellas and study them for the following criteria:<br/><ol><br/> <li>Personality</li><br/> <li>Background/Baggage (ex girlfriends, dead parents, PTSD, in wrong millennium, etc.)</li><br/> <li>Career/Day Job (outside of vigilante duties)</li><br/> <li>Super Power - how would that effect home life</li><br/> <li>Villains you would have to deal with - how would that affect you</li><br/> <li>Family/Friends/Team Mates - would you want them coming over to your house</li><br/> <li>Home - where would you live? Would you ask them to relocate?</li><br/> <li>Attractiveness - Are you picturing them as the actor in the movie/which actor if more than one actor has played them/if you don't like the current actor cast your own choice.</li><br/></ol><br/>And then pick a husband. Good luck and enjoy! DFTBA!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-16501962466997624172013-08-21T18:40:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.617-04:005 things.I had a plan for this post and then my day became kind of a mess. It was a mess of cat in the hat proportions. Everything seemed disorganized, wrong and dramatic. It was all stressing me out for whatever reason. Not cool.<br/><br/>When such things happen, I like to think about 5 things I liked about my day. I tend to get anxious some days - specifically when I think about my future - and I find that this is a way to remind myself of things that I got accomplished. It won't always calm me down or anything, but sometimes I can make myself myself feel better by admitting that watching 5 episodes of the west wing before bed is quite the achievement. Lofty to some, I put those people to shame. It's not even my personal best.<br/><br/>Anyway, I learned this when I went called into student services last fall when I was pretty positive I was losing my mind. Writing so much stuff and not feeling like you're getting anywhere, along with carrying a 20-hour-a-week job, 2 internships and 4 hour courses can make anyone feel nutty. By the end of the semester, I baked 7 different kinds of holiday cookies and took many a long nap and felt much better. The point was that I called, was told that "blah blah blah my life was awesome and I didn't know it (which is true, it's an awesome life), blah blah blah you have come so far blah blah." In between what I distinctly remember as Charlie Brown's teacher talking to me, something stuck: think of things you're grateful for. Even if they're small (I read 20 pages of my text on Homeric Hymns) or big (I walked across a stage and got my diploma from a governor general), anything counts.<br/><br/>So I came up to get ready for bed and decided to write out my post after all, and share my five things because I did actually do a lot today that I can be semi proud or at the very least happy about. Nothing groundbreaking, but hey, we can't all be Jennifer Lawrence, can we?<br/><br/>1. I baked ginger cookies - Kristen's birthday present is officially done! I get to bring it to Jenn on Friday morning and she will deliver it to Kristen on her birthday. I'm pretty proud of gifts I put together, so it gets a spot on the list.<br/><br/>2. Speaking of, I finished part A and moved on to part B of Tanya's birthday gift (which, if you didn't know, her birthday is on Monday). I need to get some hydrogen peroxide to clean up a bit, but it's worth it. I'm hoping she likes what I'm making her.<br/><br/>3. I caught up at work - for today at least. We were backlogged with requests for a while and I finally caught up to it all. I also answered/returned calls which is hard for me, and wrote a crap ton of emails for missing information. I'm going into the Charlie Brown teacher voice for you guys now, aren't I? Ok, work isn't a super huge accomplishment, but I'm still new and I'm happy I got it done.<br/><br/>4. I cleaned the house up a bit and bbq'd when I got home. I went to the store and grabbed some beers and actually did something with my evening. Accomplishment woo.<br/><br/>5. I got to see captain hot pants this morning on the bus. You can conjure your own image, but I mean he's a man in uniform with a tattoo sleeve and he is kind of perfect. So check mark that is number five.<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Tanya, I think I texted you this, but I can't believe you sprayed a skunk with a pressure washer? I assume it as Dave, but still. Poor little guy was probably just chillin' in his living room, popping some popcorn, waiting to watch Ellen and then BAM. No, just kidding. You didn't update me on the Noodle sitch though; I hope she's ok.<br/><br/>I tried to draw a picture like you do, but I'm terrible at it. Have a gif instead:<br/><br/><img alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/4fac7fccd015c30bc78d6e8db1099d4b/tumblr_mrviqvN57F1rslzvxo1_400.gif" width="500" height="244" /><br/><br/><3 dftbaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-14499874656144117542013-08-20T19:34:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.587-04:00Started with a StinkToday was not a great day. It started off bad, then got okay and then ended bad.<br/><br/>Okay, to start: Dave was going to go somewhere but then came back. Noodle got out and then proceeded to crawl into the culvert in our drive way. Then a few moments later we heard her freaking out and barking. Dave got a flashlight and then we found out that's where the stupid skunk who eats our trash lives. So Noodle had an argument with it and couldn't get out. So Dave panicked and I panicked but eventually she got out stinking like a skunk's butthole.<br/><br/>So we needed to get her cleaned up and that was a hassle. Then the task of getting rid of the skunk was intense. I don't want to get into the whole thing but it involved a pressure washer and a lot of mistakes. *NOTE TO EVERYONE* If you are going to chase a skunk out of you culvert, close the garage first or they will lodge themselves in there and spray all your stuff.<br/><br/>So we did some running around which was okay but boring. We did get Wendy's which was tasty.<br/><br/>Then we played Donkey Kong 64. It is so hard. I don't understand how they intend children to play this because I can't do any of it.<br/><br/>But then I let the stupid Winston out to pee and then he got out of our makeshift gate and I had to climb on a plastic chair in the dark to get him and then I fell off said plastic chair while holding the stupid little pig onto my elbow and my derriere on the patio stones. So that was stupid. And hurt and I think it will be bruised but right now its green because there are weeds in our patio stones. Ridiculous.<br/><br/>So I have nothing relevant to say today because I am super cranky now. But Crystal A+ on both the challenge and punishment. I am excited about our mustachioed wizard, the mischievous little bastard. (PS. watching so you think you can dance and I want Travis Wall to dance forever and ever. How is he human?)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-74866149094522734072013-08-19T19:35:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.552-04:00Punishment #1 - Retrospective EmbarrassmentAlright guys - not only did I miss my Friday deadline (I was watching the West Wing on Netflix, oops), I have also been remiss in not posting my punishment. Maybe you guys didn't remember, but I sure did. It was way back in early August - ahh, those were the days - and my internet was down. I missed two posts in a row and I couldn't answer my challenge. Tanya was nice enough to provide me with three options to chose from for my punishment. I decided to go with Option A (see below) because I feel like we're still getting to know each other, readers. You might want really crappy photographs of photographs of glimpses into my past. Maybe? Hmm?<br/><br/>Anyways.<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/i-got-nothing/"> This was the exact wording:</a> "OPTION A- post an photo of yourself as a young lady. It can’t be an adorable picture because we all know you were the cutest child, you would have to post something awkward."<br/><br/>All I have to say to you, dear, is this:<br/><br/> <br/><br/>You thought<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture032.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-549" alt="picture032" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture032-300x168.jpg" width="545" height="305" /></a><br/><br/>I was<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture033.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-550" alt="picture033" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture033-300x168.jpg" width="550" height="308" /></a><br/><br/>adorable?<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture035.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-551" alt="picture035" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture035-300x168.jpg" width="554" height="310" /></a><br/><br/><hr /><br/><br/>Bonus picture! Me and my roommates (Kris and Andrew) on New Years Eve at my aunt Darlene's house. I don't even remember the year. We look pretty wired and I've probably been crying. I don't remember that sweater either.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture039.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-552" alt="picture039" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/picture039-300x168.jpg" width="540" height="302" /></a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-30397395789428806042013-08-19T18:23:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.531-04:00Challenge #4 - Phenomenal cosmic power!... Itty bitty living space.<br/><br/><img style="margin: 0px 5px 5px 0px; float: left;" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pryisTRz1qjt9p1o1_250.gif" width="237" height="296" /><br/><br/>I loved your story. I am sitting here, hot chocolate in hand (or as the 'cool' kids like to call it, hotcho), all curled up and reading your pirate story. I am semi confused how I got to a pirate ship in the first place, let alone why I was pushed in to the closet, but whatever. The wizard and I come out of the closet together because his cape was in the way. And it was too billowy for a cramped environment. Fabulous. But what of the pirates? If they can make terrible puns about their own career choices, they are my kind of people. I want to save the pirates too! They don't deserve to live out a<em> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/">Hitchcock movie</a></em>! Common!<br/><br/>[Interlude] As readers probably know by now, I research dumb things a lot. For instance, I have seen the movie Lifeboat, mentioned above, and forgot the title. So I Googled "men stuck in life boat" and this came up from Slate magazine online: <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/06/harrison_okene_s_shipwreck_air_bubble_how_could_he_survive_underwater_for.html">Trapped in an Underwater Air Bubble for Three Days. </a>The stuff of actual nightmares, guys. He lived 60 hours underwater without food, drinking water or light on the ocean floor. The fuck. It's a really interesting article and you should all check it out. [End interlude]<br/><br/>May I add that whimsical mustache wizard seems a little selfish. I think if he Dorothy'd hard enough, he could get me home. He just wants to keep me on his stupid island filled with puppies and books. So harsh. This is a tricky situation that I am in and I dislike it. Party time island with five people COULD be fun, or it could be a massive headache. Very tough choices to make.<br/><br/>* Five people I'm dooming to the island with me: <img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://live.drjays.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/robin-williams.jpg" width="214" /><br/><ol><br/> <li>Tanya. I mean this one is pretty obvious. Best friend, amusing storyteller, a deadpan wittiness that melds with my own sense of humor really well AND she understands my need to close off from people sometimes which I think I'd appreciate.</li><br/> <li>Sandy. She has a fondness for pirates, books and puppies that is rarely seen in another human. She is also good at Scrabble, amongst other things.</li><br/> <li>A (also known as Kiwi). He also likes Scrabble and sheep. So if there are sheep, board games and history related doo-dads then he's pretty much set for life. Also I miss spending time with him (super creepy if he reads this weeeo)</li><br/> <li>K. She's a beach bum and is really laid back, so island life would suit her. (Sorry J, you'd hate me if I forced you on an island. We'll get you a boat to visit us for beach days)</li><br/> <li>Robin Williams. I totally know him - I saw him on the street in Vancouver one time while my family was on vacation. He was wearing red Chucks. My dad yelled at him from across the street and I died from embarrassment. We're practically related. He can do Ms. Doubtfire bits and his stand up acts.</li><br/></ol><br/><p style="text-align: center;">(Do you know how hard this is? I seriously do not have friends, my dear. I don't know why you needed me to bring FIVE whole people to the island with me.)</p><br/> <br/><br/>* Five celebrities that would have to sit with all of us nerds, the whimsical mustache wizard, and Robin Williams: <img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://stikie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/henry-cavill-body.png" width="244" height="329" /><br/><ol><br/> <li>Henry Cavill. Do I need a god damned reason?</li><br/> <li>Bill F*cking Murray. He was my favourite original SNL Cast member and his sarcasm would bring a level of je-ne-sais-quoi to the table. I have a feeling that our good friend, whimsical mustache wizard, is not easily put off. I bet you Mr. Murray could easily quiet our jar-loving conjurer.</li><br/> <li>Emma Stone. She's awesome and I think we'd all be friends. She can bring Andrew Garfield too.</li><br/> <li>Nathan Fillion. He has a story for literally any subject. You want to talk about tariffs in the fish trade? Nathan Fillion has got a story for that. Awkward sex scenes? Oh boy, does he have a good one for you. Hilarious shaving mishaps? Let's not bring that up...</li><br/> <li>Chris Pine. Again, I mean I really don't need a reason for bringing him at all. He's here to make sarcastic remarks (a common theme I guess) and eat apples in noisy fashions.</li><br/></ol><br/> <br/><br/> <br/><br/>* 5 TV Series<br/><ol><br/> <li>Doctor who. Sorry, Nathan. Firefly was too damned short. Dr. Who will last forever on this island.<img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://cdn.minutebuzz.com/80AFE7/static-mb.minutebuzz.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Hodor.gif" width="301" height="175" /></li><br/> <li>Fresh Prince of Bel-Air. Now this is a story all about how my life got flipped, turned upside down. But I'd like to take a minute - just sit right there - and I'll tell you about how I became the prince of Bel-Air.</li><br/> <li>Shameless (US). I honestly just want more people to watch this show. It's hilarious and charming and terribly sad all at the same time. How does it do it? Chicago slums, bitches.</li><br/> <li>Batman the Animated Series. We gotta have something to watch in the mornings.</li><br/> <li>Game of Thrones. Who doesn't like a good death with their television programing?</li><br/></ol><br/>(So many shows I wish were longer so that I could justify bringing them with me. Honorable mentions go to: New Girl, Misfits, How I met your mother, Pushing Daisies, Rome, Gilmore Girls, Sarah Conner Chronicles, The Walking Dead, etc. etc. etc. Ironically, I did not chose Gilligan's Island, LOST or any other stranded show.)<br/><br/>* 5 Books<img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://i570.photobucket.com/albums/ss141/nataliya_carlson/Good_Omens_by_lerms_zps964557d0.jpg" width="197" height="314" /><br/><ol><br/> <li>Good Omens - Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman</li><br/> <li>Monuments Men - Robert Edsel & Bret Witter</li><br/> <li>To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee</li><br/> <li>The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss</li><br/> <li>Bulfinch's Mythology - Thomas Bulfinch (Deluxe Edition)</li><br/></ol><br/>(Also there was a library mentioned, so I think I'm well stocked for books.)<br/><br/>* 5 CDs<br/><ol><br/> <li>The Killers - Hot Fuss</li><br/> <li>Jack Johnson - In Between Dreams</li><br/> <li>Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits</li><br/> <li>The White Stripes - Elephant</li><br/> <li>Billie Holiday - Songs for Distingue Lovers</li><br/></ol><br/>(CDs are hard because no one likes the whole disk. No one. I tried to pick CDs that I can leave on and listen to the whole way through, but that might just mean that they would just be background noise like the music at Retailland. Added bonus though: they're all nostalgic for me and they'd probably make me feel less isolated if I listened to them. Honorable mentions: Franz Ferdinand, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Arctic Monkeys, Otis Redding, Spice Girls, BSB, Destiny's Child, Outcast, and Led Zepplin, to name a few)<br/><br/>* 5 types of food<img style="margin: 0px 0px 5px 5px; float: right;" alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/6837d213e84d45cc86855069ba388854/tumblr_mqvdrpVrX41svh213o1_500.jpg" width="212" height="319" /><br/><ol><br/> <li>Ice cream</li><br/> <li>Fruit salad</li><br/> <li>Pasta</li><br/> <li>BBQ Chicken</li><br/> <li>My mom's spinach strawberry salad. Because veggies.</li><br/></ol><br/>(Honorable mentions: Waffles.)<br/><br/>* 5 types of drinks<br/><ol><br/> <li>Fresh water</li><br/> <li>Chocolate Milk</li><br/> <li>Gin and Tonic</li><br/> <li>Wheat Beer</li><br/> <li>Coffee</li><br/></ol><br/> <br/><br/>There you go, darling! All answered in a timely fashion. Anyone can feel free to post their own answers, or rebut my own. These were surprisingly tough choices, as I had mentioned many times. I feel like if I was that limited, I'd get very sad. I'm a girl who likes variety. Obviously not with the people that I hang out with, but with the things that I do and the foods I eat. If I had to listen to those five cds for the rest of my life, I'd probably break them by month 2. If I had to limit myself to those tv shows, knowing there were other good choices, I'd throw the disks into the water. Then Henry Cavill would be upset with me because he was totally mid-season two of Fresh Prince, and Will was dancing and it's all a terrible terrible end.<br/><br/>My biggest fear? I'd go all Agatha Christie and cut someone just to have something to do. Seriously. You can be the Inspector and it will be a joyous time had by all; except the person who is murdered (I'm looking at you, wizard).<br/><br/> <br/><br/>Your challenge is to ponder the following situation and give a solid answer: Out of flagrant disregard for the general public's well being, our very own whimsical mustache wizard deems himself the granter of all wishes. Sometimes, he messes certain wishes up. Somewhere in the past or present, you have wished to be a superhero. Having Batgirl's sense of self and Wonder Woman's Amazonian kick-ass-ness wouldn't be so bad, would it? Mustache wizard totally gets you, friend. He's all: "Man... Tanya's already kick ass. Super powers would make her even more amazing then before. I'm going to offer her a deal." In meeting with you he points out his extreme lack of actual helpfulness or ability and lays out his plan to make you the next comic book queen. He's going to give you one of three options:<br/><br/>1. You can become invisible. It's not at will and no one is quite sure how it is triggered, no one knows when it ends. You can't go through walls, people can still hear you when you speak/move/pass gas.<br/><br/>2. You can hear people's thoughts. Rules: it can't be turned on or off at will, they have to be within a 50 meter radius of you and you will hear every thought. Keep in mind that most people don't think through everything they are doing, aren't serious about everything they think and their minds are most likely in the gutter more than half the time.<br/><br/>3. You can never die. This one kind of speaks for itself. You have the gift and curse of immortality and you'll be around when the world burns. Oh and you can still feel pain. Duh, forgot to mention that.<br/><br/>Do you take his offer? Which one power would you chose and which ones would you leave? And the all important elementary school application-question: Why?<br/><br/><3 DFTBA<br/><h6>(Genie gif image from <a href="http://disneyydreams.tumblr.com/">disneydreams</a> on Tumblr)</h6>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-6754671247951624562013-08-18T13:17:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.508-04:00Moustache Wizard IslandCHALLENGE TIME!<br/><br/>Crystal it is time for you to find out what your 4th challenge will be! Aren't you excited? I sure am. Okay here it goes. It starts with a short story.<br/><br/>So you are on a boat, and as we<a title="Ways that movies have ruined my life" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/ways-that-movies-have-ruined-my-life-punishment/"> read before</a>, you are a little nervous because you don't really trust water travel. So you are traveling with these pirate type guys and one is all: "Why is a pirate called a pirate?", and you are all like, "why?" and he's all "BECAUSE THEY AAARRRR". Then, out of no where a storm hits! The crew makes you go inside and you hide in a small closet and pray to the good lord Freddie that you can make it somewhere safely. As you sit quietly mumbling your prayers under a collection of coats and sweaters, something heavy falls and drops on your head. You grab it and look at it, a small jar.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/crystaljar.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-536" alt="crystaljar" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/crystaljar.jpg" width="472" height="445" /></a><br/><br/>So you notice a weird glowing substance floating in the jar and you are all, "WTF" and open it. Out pops a wizard!<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/moustache-wizard.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-537" alt="moustache wizard" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/moustache-wizard.jpg" width="416" height="637" /></a>And now the wizard starts talking, "I AM THE GREAT MOUSTACHE WIZARD OF THE JAR!" and you stand up and open the door to the closet and step out of the closet because it is not very close quarters with his cape being so majestic, and you ask him if he can get you off the boat and to safety. He explains, "Well I have the power to bring you to an island I own, it is not your home but I can give you the opportunity to bring a designated number of things to the island with you. And at this point the boat crashes into something and you hear crew members screaming to get the life boats and you decide it's better than spending the next several days in life boats with a bunch of boat folks before dying from dehydration, so you agree. The wizard casts a spell and transports you to the most beautiful island you have ever seen. On this island is a beautiful mansion that has all the luxuries you could ever hope for, swimming pool, library, a room full of puppies, and it all sounds great. But you instantly start to feel lonely and realize that you are going to be alone with this whimsical moustache wizard forever.<br/><br/>He sees you looking distraught and tells you to relax, you will have the opportunity to pick the following things to bring to the island with you:<br/><ul><br/> <li>5 people you know</li><br/> <li>5 celebrities</li><br/> <li>5 TV Series on DVD</li><br/> <li>5 movies</li><br/> <li>5 books</li><br/> <li>5 CDs</li><br/> <li>5 types of food</li><br/> <li>5 types of drinks</li><br/></ul><br/>So your challenge is, to tell the wizard and the rest of us what it is that you want on your magical island. ENJOY.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-5406484782896215412013-08-15T07:46:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.462-04:00Challenge #3 - Pilot SeasonSo Crystal has challenged me to make up a movie of my life. Also to make the movie poster and all the details and cast. The best part about movies is they get to exaggerate and change things into very different entities only half touching on the truth.<br/><br/>I will try my best, this is a hard challenge<br/><br/>I can't get the "read more" thing to work so i had to use this other type that is pages so just deal with the crazy long post okay?<br/><br/>So Crystal sent me some additional details to help me figure out how detailed it needs to be. Its extensive. I will put headings so you can follow along nicely.<br/><br/><strong>The Cast</strong><br/><br/>Alright I am going to start with the cast because that's easiest maybe. (Please note that I am NOT picking based on how much they look like people they are representing because that would be damn impossible, going more by who I believe could portray them properly)<br/><table style="width: 703px; height: 1300px;" border="0" align="center"><br/><tbody><br/><tr><br/><td> <a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/65.jpg"><img class="wp-image-494 aligncenter" alt="Jennifer Lawrence" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/65.jpg" width="199" height="261" /></a></td><br/><td><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 12px;"> Jennifer Lawrence as Tanya</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;">because who doesn't love her and its my movie so whatever</p><br/></td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alexis-bledel-thumb-26076.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-512" alt="alexis-bledel-thumb-26076" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/alexis-bledel-thumb-26076.jpg" width="305" height="163" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Alexis Bledel as best friend Crystal</span><span style="font-size: 12px;"> </span>because if Crystal was any character in any show I think she would be Rory Gilmore. This character choice took a lot of consideration. She was almost three different people in this but alas I think this is the best fit.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Cobie-cobie-smulders-2616935-1024-768-sandy.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-500" alt="Cobie-cobie-smulders-2616935-1024-768-sandy" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Cobie-cobie-smulders-2616935-1024-768-sandy.jpg" width="257" height="192" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Cobie Smulders as older sister Sandy</span>I needed someone fun and awesome who could be kick ass when needed. Also athletic enough to ride a horse. And bonus points - shes dutch and Canadian and the more I look at this picture she kind of looks like Sandy but I think I am just going crazy.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sandra-bullock-blush-h724-mom.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-502" alt="sandra-bullock-blush-h724-mom" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/sandra-bullock-blush-h724-mom.jpg" width="171" height="237" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Sandra Bullock as Mom</span>Shes awesome and slightly spazzy and not afraid to make a fool of herself and can recover easily from falling down.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Tim-Allendad.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-503" alt=""Men in Black II" Premiere" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Tim-Allendad.jpg" width="170" height="241" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Tim Allen as Dad</span>Not quite as muscly as my actual dad but when I was young I always watched Home Improvement with my dad and he always reminded me of him. With the cars and the goofy sense of humor, and the always getting injured.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/MV5BMjI2MTIzODQ1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjI4Mzc1OA@@._V1._SY314_CR40214314_.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-505" alt="MV5BMjI2MTIzODQ1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjI4Mzc1OA@@._V1._SY314_CR4,0,214,314_" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/MV5BMjI2MTIzODQ1M15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNjI4Mzc1OA@@._V1._SY314_CR40214314_.jpg" width="168" height="247" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">John Goodman as Grampie</span>John Goodman has a good grandparent-ness to him. He is like an all-knowing and always caring loveable goof.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Meryl-Streep-meryl-streep-33087889-2100-3345grammie.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-508" alt="Meryl-Streep-meryl-streep-33087889-2100-3345grammie" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Meryl-Streep-meryl-streep-33087889-2100-3345grammie.jpg" width="183" height="290" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Meryl Streep as Grammie</span>Meryl can do anything. Also her in Devil Wears Prada makes me certain she could nail the ever elusive Grammie Glare.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pfeiffer-aunty.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-509" alt="Pfeiffer-aunty" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Pfeiffer-aunty.jpg" width="185" height="185" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Michelle Pfeiffer as Aunty<br/></span>She is super fun and happy and she wants a rider that's cool.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Emma-Watson-1.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-510" alt="emma-watson.ws" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Emma-Watson-1.jpg" width="183" height="241" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Emma Watson as cousin Colleen</span>As I said before with Crystal being like Rory, I think Colleen would be Hermoine Granger. Colleen loves her some school.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/936full-anna-kendrick.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-496" alt="936full-anna-kendrick" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/936full-anna-kendrick.jpg" width="220" height="293" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Anna Kendrick as cousin Chelsea</span>Anna Kendrick loves staying home and wearing sweatpants, Chelsea loves staying home and wearing sweatpants.</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chris_evans_grey_suit_white_sh.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-513" alt="chris_evans_grey_suit_white_sh" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/chris_evans_grey_suit_white_sh.jpg" width="226" height="314" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Chris Evans as boyfriend Dave</span>He looks good with a beard am I right ladies?</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jason_segal_headshot_a_p.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-514" alt=""Bad Teacher" New York Premiere - Inside Arrivals" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/jason_segal_headshot_a_p.jpg" width="199" height="262" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Jason Segel as friend Jake</span>Jason Segel is a goofy and delightful fella who makes me laugh all the time. However to play Jake he needs to be a bit younger but Crystal said it doesn't need to be factual. (Fun note, I asked Jake who he would cast to play himself he said Johnny Depp. And then later changed it to Channing Tatum. I am sticking with Segel though, Sorry Jakey)</td><br/></tr><br/><tr><br/><td><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sean-Gunn-SGG-030782.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-523" alt="Sean Gunn-SGG-030782" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Sean-Gunn-SGG-030782.jpg" width="195" height="313" /></a></td><br/><td><span style="font-size: 12px;">Sean Gunn as cousin Kris</span></td><br/></tr><br/></tbody><br/></table><br/> <br/><br/><strong>Type of Film:</strong><br/><br/>She wanted me to specify the kind of movie it would be, action, drama, comedy, indie, historical, summer blockbuster, etc. This question is tricky because I haven't yet decided the plot of this movie. which I guess I need to do right this second. Okay so it would probably be a comedy/road trip comedy kind of deal. I obviously love that this doesn't need to be factual because no one would watch a factual account of my life. Not even me.<br/><br/><strong>Plot:</strong><br/><br/>Tanya, a 22 year old University student has been coasting through life taking things as they come and figuring out her plan as things happen. She works part time at the Home Depot with her friend Jake and goes to school to get a degree she is not sure what she is going to do with any more. She lives with her Boyfriend Dave in an apartment near her school. She spends a lot of her time hanging out with her best friend Crystal sharing their stresses over their lack of life plans over pizza and ice cream. She takes her laundry to her aunts house so they can have girls nights with Chelsea and Colleen and also so she doesn't have to spend 4$ to wash her clothes. Tanya recently started a second job at a government office that she hates but goes to because it pays her a lot of money. Fast Forward a few years and she is 24, still unsure of what she is going to do. She has bought a house and needs to pay for it but her contract at work is up and she needs to leave. She decides without any hesitation that this is her chance, she is going to move to California and write her hit TV show with her friend Jake, dragging her boyfriend Dave and best friend Crystal with her.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/map-to-cali.png"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-524" alt="map to cali" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/map-to-cali.png" width="920" height="548" /></a>The four of them road trip to California in her beat up Mazda Protege, sleeping in gross motels and eating at every IHOP on their way. They are going to do eight hours of driving every day and plan to get to L.A. in a week. Jake and Tanya work to get their pilot script written as they travel using their laptops. As they drive through Nebraska, they pull into a rest stop to get gas and lunch, but when they come back out to go to the car, it is no where to be found. They run back in and call the local cops but when they arrive they are ridiculous and not at all useful saying that they shouldn't have left they keys in the car (which they didn't but the cops are really stupid). The cops give them a ride to the bus station and luckily they all had their wallets still on them. Tanya and Jake only then realize that their scripts are gone with their laptops but Tanya remembers she saved it to a server online so if they can get new computers they should be able to find it and not have lost everything. When they go to buy bus tickets to LA they don't have enough money left. They have just enough money to get a bus to Utah. They decide its better than nothing and begin their bus ride. Jake and Tanya find paper at the bus station and borrow pens so they can keep working, Crystal and Dave helping as much as they can.<br/><br/>They arrive in Utah in the middle of the night and realize that without any money they can't really rent a hotel room. They wander Utah until they find a 24 hour diner and go there with enough money to buy two burgers which they all share. The diner owner asks them where they are headed. They explain what happened to them and he takes pity on them saying that if they clean the entire diner they can get 4 bus tickets to Las Vegas and then his brother who lives in Vegas and runs a casino would get them set up with a job for a day and then they can get to L.A. from there. So they begin to clean the disgusting diner which looks as though it hadn't been cleaned in months. Dave throws up all over the bathroom, Tanya and Crystal are attacked by mice in the kitchen, and Jake finds out that it isn't green icing on the donuts. They eventually get the place sparkling clean and the diner owner gives them their tickets for the bus and then have to run to the station to catch in time. The bus is already driving away a few minutes early but the four of them chase the bus for a few blocks until it finally stops and they can get on.<br/><br/>They arrive in Vegas right near the casino that the diner owner's brother owns and go in. There are bouncers outside that almost don't let them in because they are grimy and full of diner scum and haven't changed their clothes in a few days but as they are arguing with them the casino owner walks by and recognizes the diner logo on the hat that Dave had been given after his old hat fell into his puddle of vomit at the diner. He then tells them to go shower and put on their uniforms. Crystal and Tanya work as waitresses while Dave and Jake are bartenders for the night. They make all kinds of tips all in casino money and then after their shifts they realize that not only do they have enough money to get to L.A. they have enough to help them pay for their time in hotels for their stay in California and even a plane ticket home. Jake bets some of his money and then manages to double it so he rushes out and buys a new laptop and they manage to finish off their script before getting some sleep.<br/><br/>The next day they leave for L.A, finding that the casino owner had left them new clothes. They catch their bus easily and make it to Hollywood. It's pilot season so all the networks are accepting options. They start at NBC and when they walk into the gates they see a car that looks a lot like Tanya's Mazda. It even had the same rust spots. They get closer and realize that it IS Tanya's Mazda and it still has all their bags inside. They go to the gate and ask whose car it is and then find out its the boss of NBC. Crystal starts to call the cops to report it but Tanya stops her. They instead go to their pitch and find the boss is in the meeting. They start to talk to him and try to be friendly and tell him their story of how they got to L.A. he laughs at the story saying its hilarious but when they get to the part about the stolen car he begins to look nervous, forcing his laughs. Finally Tanya slips her phone across with a picture of her car on it saying "I don't know who would want to steal it, it's a piece of junk. You wouldn't want a car that looked like this would you?" The boss breaks into hysterical tears and says that he didn't mean to steal it, he thought it was his car. They then show they had the keys so he obviously had to hot wire it, he says he always has to because he doesn't know where his keys for his actual car are because hes always doing too many drugs. He says that if they don't report it he will give them anything they want. They consider making him put their show on his network but decide against it because its NBC and obviously the boss is crazy so they tell him he has to get their show onto a better network and give them back their car. He does all this and they sign their show to a good network with bosses who are not car thieves.<br/><br/>Jake and Tanya become the show-runners for their hit TV show, Crystal gets a job working at a museum while assisting part time in art direction on set and Dave works with a stunt team rigging explosions and guns for action movies.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/936full-anna-kendrick.jpg"><br/></a><strong>If it were featured on Netflix, what movies would be recommended to you after watching it?</strong><br/><br/>Probably some road trip movies, Identity Theif, Due Date, Harold and Kumar, Rat Race. Then some movies about friends, I love you man, the hangover.<br/><br/><strong>And finally, Movie Poster:</strong><br/><br/><a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pilotseason.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-526" alt="pilotseason" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/pilotseason.jpg" width="634" height="703" /></a>Whew. That was hard. I thought casting would be so easy. NOT.<br/><br/>Anyway, there is the movie of my life only kind of altered from what it is, called Pilot Season.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-79567788732775187662013-08-14T20:42:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.431-04:00Ways that movies have ruined my life<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica; color: #0a0a0a;">Let me start off this post by saying that you and Batman are tied in first for world greatest detective. You put way more thought into deducing the lie than I thought you would and I loved reading your reasoning. That that was the hardest challenge yet. Researching Kevin was nothing compared to trying to figure out half truths I could tell you to trick you into thinking I was cool and did stuff. And the answer is - #3 is a lie. I DID go fly home from Edmonton on a plane that experienced a lot of turbulence, I did cry BUT I didn't meet Olympic champions. I knew that was going to far haha. I did meet two very nice, very calm professional dancers who talked me down from punching in the emergency exit window pane and hurling us all out the windows in the middle of the storm. It is something I will never forget, although I still love flying and turbulence is more of an annoyance than a fear of death.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica; color: #0a0a0a;">On to the post! I have made a list of five reasons why movies have kind of ruined my life. I guess I don't mean ruin my life - I love movies. I have different films I watch annually, certain genres are good for certain kinds of weather, etc. If I thought I had any talent with writing, editing, producing or directing film, I'd go work for the film industry. Luckily for my already completed bachelor's degree in Classical Studies, I don't. I guess what I mean by the title is that I relate a lot of my life to movies, regardless of the genre. When I'm in certain situations, I remember what characters in my favourite movies have done, what they've said, how they've reacted, and I'll model my own actions from that I guess. It may be because of my lack of social interaction, social anxiety and other fun mental health things that I do this, but whatever. If anyone can tell me they've never said a line from a movie in a conversation, I will kick that person in the shin. They are a liar.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica; color: #0a0a0a;"><strong>1. Cruise ships.</strong> When I was 10 we got the chance to go on a Cruise from south Florida to the Bahamas. It was 3 days, all inclusive, and we could beach hop around and settle back down in the Continental US and hit Disney and Universal for the last couple days of our trip. YAY! Beach time and overgrown mice with white gloves all in the same week! Everyone thought it would be a roaring success. I can tell you that it was not. Remember Titanic? <img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22gt8NB8x1r66e7xo1_500.gif" width="355" height="164" /><a name='more'></a>I’m not trying to say that a iceberg scenario played out off the coast of the southern united states, but I was somehow terrified it would happen. We boarded the ship and dropped our bags off and headed upstairs to look around the public areas. Before we left the port, we – like I assume all cruise ship passengers are asked to do – were called to the second deck to listen to the safety procedures. It’s exactly like an airplane. I should mention I’m not scared of planes, but that may be because I haven’t seen Snakes on a Plane yet. <a href="http://robsmovievault.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/snakes-on-a-plane-5.jpg"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><img class="aligncenter" title="snakes-on-a-plane-5" alt="" src="http://robsmovievault.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/snakes-on-a-plane-5.jpg?w=270&h=179" width="300" height="185" /></span></a> Anyways, they started showing us how to climb into lifeboats and that’s when it happened: Titanic flashbacks. I can’t stress enough that I freaked myself out. We were told absolutely everything was prepared for, there were ample boats for all passengers and crew, and the obvious, we were not in the Atlantic ocean. <a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/icebergs.bmp"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;"><img class="size-medium wp-image-501 aligncenter" title="Green = Me Red = Titanic coordinates" alt="icebergs" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/icebergs.bmp" width="424" height="279" /></span></a>Still, when the storm hit later that night and continued for the next three days, I was positive we were going to die. I would be clutching to a door floating in the ocean, and the rescue crews would be too late. I would probably get eaten by a shark. The recent issues with cruise ships’ <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/news/2013/08/10/celebrity-cruises-ship-propulsion-problem/2638417/&sa=U&ei=e9ILUsvQPOjQyAHdrYHgAw&ved=0CDoQqQIoADAG&usg=AFQjCNFNtv_HNrq99ub1fbKchBhQZxl2Xg"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;">power shutting down </span></a>and/or <a href="http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/20/world/europe/italy-costa-concordia-trial/index.html&sa=U&ei=stILUtq8F7HeyQGE-oBI&ved=0CC4QqQIoADAC&usg=AFQjCNEJUrQwKshg4Y0pQc6wN9Yzkbu_qg"><span style="color: #0a0a0a;">crashing </span></a>has not renewed my love of oceanic travel. <img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m22i42Ruag1rr41blo1_500.gif" width="400" height="160" /></span></p><br/><br/><br/><hr /><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"> <strong>2. Basements. <img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/525ec4ce6aeedacc613b92486ec5d607/tumblr_mg0uxpEHeJ1r5eox9o1_500.gif" width="413" height="205" /></strong>Do I need to explain this one, guys? Any horror movie where people go into a basement results in bad times. The one that is coming to mind right now is Cabin in the Woods, where –spoiler- they go into a basement and shit gets fucked up. Please excuse my language. <img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_marw0l4Wxa1qzktzro1_500.gif" width="422" height="170" />And I loved Cabin in the Woods because it was really kind of funny in a way. Anyways... every now and then I’ll need to go into a basement to retrieve something only to get that tingle down my spine. Or I’ll walk down a deserted and ill lit hallway and think of FEAR extraction point (it’s a video game but it counts). I don’t think I told you guys that my last apartment’s basement looked like something out of the shining – and at least 3 other people said the same thing though unprompted. <img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://hommemaker.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/theshininghallway1.jpg" width="406" height="254" />Being alone by myself scares me sometimes. I’ll sit in my room with my head phones in and the lights off and suddenly I’ll remember that someone could peek around my semi-open door with their murder-weapon-of-choice at the ready and I wouldn’t even hear the footfalls. Every time I do this I sit completely still and shut everything down in order to hear the killer in my house. When I shower, I think that if I close my eyes to shampoo my hair, I’ll open them to a knife in the face. So thank you, horror movies. I’m scared of life now. That’s spectacular. Job well done.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img class="aligncenter" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px;" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIe6nZ4h4Js5cnYG_RMGo0QFqgVO7JVLrGjAaNmf7n__WtW5LBOr5MSO_SXtRQQlhtHStYkrxsGb47P9bFfExTLz6VXolAkPOvI2mgene5qXEiW1DzfWBB-Wl-Bsi8ktYeG-GqAud2POE_/s1600/anim+psycho1.gif" width="252" height="243" /></span></p><br/><br/><br/><hr /><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><strong>3. Do you hear what I hear</strong> – the Christmas song. Or is it?</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://a1.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/54/cc31b9560bea4d6b9e5ab523431697d3/l.gif" width="393" height="220" /></span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;">Soundtracks and one-liners have unexpectedly found their way into my life. It’s both wonderful and mildly frightening, depending on the song. Mellow Yellow by Donovan is playing? Remember that fun GAP ad that I grew up to? Someone’s whistling while walking down the street at night? Automatically the cheerful Don Lockwood in Singin’ in the Rain or the creepy Handsome John Pruitt from Adventures in Babysitting pop into my mind. When ‘Do you hear what I hear’ plays at Christmas, vicious and tiny creatures that you don’t feed after midnight claw their way into my conscious thoughts. The eight notes of the beginning of the Harry Potter theme automatically put me at ease, while minor chromatic tone clusters put me on edge, awaiting a murder. I hear songs featured in soundtracks and automatically the scene plays behind my eyes. I see Jack Sparrow standing on the masthead of a stolen boat and I see Garth thrusting his way towards his dream woman when 'Foxy' plays.. I don’t know if I could really say that soundtracks have ruined my life, though certain songs I can’t enjoy anymore without thinking of its sinister affiliation in my mind.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img class="aligncenter" id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://static.tumblr.com/xsiihvo/Cfqm80nbr/garth-foxy-dance-cropped.gif" width="260" height="259" /></span></p><br/><br/><br/><hr /><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><strong>4. Any romantic comedy ever.</strong> Thanks, romantic comedies. You’ve made my expectations of normal life exceedingly high. I am an extremely introverted person – I don’t meet people at bars or in the halls of my apartment building. (you're welcome, Tanya)<img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/a93661942911fe3ab05c66704c823473/tumblr_mr3x1zWtla1r4fidqo2_250.gif" width="347" height="229" />I got my game face on when I go outside, but let’s face it: when I think I’m smiling and interacting with someone, I’m probably terrifying. I call it the bus face. Why? Because there was a girl on my bus in public school that used to sit in the back of the bus. When she’d talk to you, half the time she would kind of look at you, but the other half of the time she’d look up and her eyelashes would flicker. It made people uncomfortable. I assume that I too make people uncomfortable. I’m pretty positive that I don’t look like Eva Mendez or Natalie Portman either. My own morning routine doesn’t result in a perfect fresh faced makeup look and a blow out. I don’t breezily flirt with guys and have them crawling after me to date me. <img class="aligncenter" id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0dphhcxqz1rqfhi2o1_500.gif" width="424" height="212" /> I seriously would love Ryan Gosling chasing after me. Seriously. Any time. Relationships in real life don’t end in happily ever after once the hour and a half is up. Sometimes there is no winner to a fight, there is no grand gesture of apology and there is no reconciliation. Can someone teach me how to have an argument where everyone’s opinion is voiced and there is an obvious winner? It’s a sad truth, and romcom relationships aren’t realistic. Also has anyone noticed that almost everyone has a fun job in rom-coms? You’re a young worker at the met, working on a newly acquired Rembrant. You’re a magazine reporter, an FBI agent, a lawyer, a successful head hunter, an arts management expert or a business woman.<img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://mutantreviewers.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/when-in-rome-01.jpg?w=300&h=184" width="400" height="245" />(Note: the piece behind Josh Dumel and Kristen Bell is called 'Head On', by Cai Guo-Qiang and I love it) I realize there are a few downers in the rom-com world, but the majority of people featured have fun jobs or at the very least have a great group of friends surrounding them. They talk more than work; they get flowers delivered and wear band t-shirts and blazers to the office. Let me tell you that this is not the case.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://www.ohmygahh.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/ryan-gosling-gangster-squad1.gif" width="400" height="223" /></span></p><br/><br/><br/><hr /><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><strong>5. Crime</strong>. I love crime movies. Love them. Heist crime plots, detective plots, hero cop plots – send ‘em to me. Crime looks SO cool. You’re suave and sexy and intelligent. <img class="aligncenter" id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/35718c76b20825195ed3b3b6689dbd7e/tumblr_mk3u9bAt2b1qhhxd4o1_500.gif" width="358" height="250" /></span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;">Super huge myth. Super huge. Even a scruffy looking Brad Pitt a la Snatch is rare. The majority of theft and heists and crimes aren’t performed by men in impeccable suits. Even really fucked up criminals are romanticized. They become more interesting and diverse. They’re saving their wife; they’re paying an owed debt and their life is on the line; they’re getting revenge in the name of a friend who was assassinated.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img class="aligncenter" id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/HwEVLq8.gif" width="363" height="199" /> Everyone has a reason that makes the audience become quickly attached to the character; they are not bad people, they just have to do a bad thing. Conversely, not having a reason is their reason and they’re just seen as badass. Someone tell me that the opening scene of Nolan’s Dark Knight didn’t pump you up for the rest of the movie.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><img id="irc_mi" alt="" src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mde71oz1HI1rir8eco1_500.gif" width="429" height="221" /></span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;">Real crime is not that. It’s horrifying, it’s messy, it’s less than glamorous and you always root for the victims – obviously – you’re not a bad person. My Friday post will be about a recent art theft which is featured prominently in the news. Well at least in the art section. Art crime – theft, forgery, etc. – is a multi-billion dollar industry. A lot of the time art is traded amongst thieves or used as collateral in less alluring dealings: drug deals, arms trade, mob syndicate business or terrorism plots. There’s a hindrance to taking the Imperial Coronation Egg in that the particular artifact is widely known and a lot of people are out looking for it.<img class="aligncenter" alt="" src="http://31.media.tumblr.com/29742e458a092f94b472e32e1be2059d/tumblr_mhk06bEqNw1rrw5cqo1_500.jpg" width="500" height="210" /> You can’ just sell it at to an antique dealer. Cameras, paper trails, registries of lost artifacts and several different international crime fighting bureaus are around for a reason.</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><strong>TANYA's CHALLENGE #3:</strong> I sent this to her yesterday to prepare her because it's quite the challenge. I want this challenge to be equally as difficult and descriptive *<b>insert manacle laugh</b>* wow. My email just made it that bold and more menacing than it was meant to be.<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Your challenge is to tell me about the movie of your life and draw the movie poster for theatre release. </span>You must be descriptive but you don’t necessarily have to be factual! After all, what good is a movie that sticks to the book?</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"> Hope you have fun with this as much as I had fun with my challenge! I know you don’t have a ton of time once you start your new job (also blog-five for new adventures), so your next challenges might be more manageable. <3 DFTBA</span></p><br/><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 14px;"><strong>EDIT:</strong> Just by the way - Tanya and I do not own any of the gifs or pictures we post unless otherwise stated. We appreciate the availability of these gifs online and we kind of go wild sometimes. If one of these gifs are yours and you would like credit or would like us to take it down, please let us know via comment. Thanks :)</span></p>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612964888512168575.post-4862092815381033742013-08-13T09:08:00.000-04:002014-09-23T12:14:05.413-04:00The Lying Game ReplyWow. Crystal made that hard. Also she made it amazing. Those were three excellent stories and were all very fun to read.<br/><br/>Here the thing, I have the worst memory ever. I also often forget that I have the worst memory ever and make stupid promises that I will obviously remember something forever. So this challenge of using my memory or facing punishment is a dangerous one. I will obviously still attempt and be horribly embarrassed if I am wrong but complete my punishment anyhow.<br/><br/>BEFORE I START: Crystal I had no idea the parliament building had unicorns on it. That is by far the most amazing thing our government has ever thought of ever. Screw health care, "let's put unicorns on the most important buildings" should be our legacy. (Although if we could keep the health care too that would be great. I am so often broken.) MOVING ON...<br/><br/>So if you are lost on Thursday<a title="And now I am afraid of the flu" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/and-now-i-am-afraid-of-the-flu/" target="_blank"> I challenged Crysta</a>l to play two truths and a lie. She had to tell three stories about her life and then one would be a lie. Then I would guess and face punishment of her choosing should I be wrong. She then replied with a lovely collection of stories to be read <a title="Challenge #3 – The Lying Game" href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/challenge-3-the-lying-game/" target="_blank">HERE</a> because they are long and I don't want to re-post them all over again when you can just click and read them before this.<br/><br/>You follow me? We are all paying attention and ready? Alright, before we go into my choice I would like to apologize to Crystal. I feel really bad that I may get them wrong but I swear I do always listen when you talk! I promise. I enjoy it. It never ever annoys me. I am just semi-quiet I suppose and am always censoring what I mean to say in my head so sometimes by the time I have things worded in the way that is clever enough to say we have moved on to a new topic. Because that is kind of our thing. We start telling one story and then a third of the way through switch to another story and then half way through that one we resume the first one and then when we are almost finished the first one we start a third one and then when we get half way through we finish the second story and then the third story gets finished and then we wrap it up finishing the original story. Did you follow that? No, probably not - Unless you are Crystal because I can almost guarantee she knows what I mean enough to decipher the crazy. That's our deal. She can decipher my crazy and I am her sounding board when she needs a good rant. Its our unwritten rule that is now written... So I guess it's just... fact?<br/><br/>Anyway I am clearly stalling. I will first analyze all the stories and make my choice at the end.<br/><br/>Okay so story one:<strong> A Stalker at the Bus Stop - </strong>While this sounds crazy, it also sounds vaguely familiar. Although I cannot decide if it was a real thing or just described so well that my stupid overactive imagination just made a little movie of it in my head so now I think it happened. This happens to me OFTEN. I would be a really bad witness to a crime because any leading questions and I would be changing my story as needed. The thing is, I know exactly where Crystal used to have to go to take the bus, and let me tell you it was creepy. It was so strange, she lived in this fancy little artsy neighborhood that was highly desirable by the downtown people but literally on a street perpendicular was this almost ghetto. It was ridiculous. This story I am about to tell you is absolutely true: Crystal got off the bus once and we were talking on the phone so that if any danger should occur I could call the cops, she got around the corner nearing closer to her house and there in the middle of the street was a man standing with what Crystal thought was a gun. She stayed on the phone but I could hear her running and she got to her house super fast. Obviously we can't be sure if it was a real gun or what kind of gun but she thought it was a gun and based on the stories of that area it just might have been. So I am not able to discount this story as crazy just because its extra creepy.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_485" align="aligncenter" width="265"]<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5885-1372785885-24.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-485" alt="Crystal's alleged attacker in his first attack. " src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/anigif_enhanced-buzz-5885-1372785885-24.gif" width="265" height="228" /></a> Crystal's alleged attacker in his first attack.[/caption]<br/><br/>Story two: <strong>Lost at the Bus Station - </strong>(2/3 of your stories involve buses and 3/3 involve travel. Food for thought.) This one probably sounds the most familiar but then again my memory is a weird and dangerous place. You could probably tell me a lie all about the time I went to England and flirted with Prince Harry and I will totally remember it. Before I get confused this did not happen - yet. Anyway, I know the friend she is referring to and this friend is absolutely the jealous type. Also, it doesn't surprise me that Montreal is all backwards and confusing because I have driven through even their highways away from downtown and they were the most confusing highways I have yet to travel so I can only imagine the terror that is their downtown core.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_486" align="aligncenter" width="245"]<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tumblr_mpyn9qOnVj1r67id1o5_250.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-486" alt="This is likely how Crystal felt outside of the closed bus station" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/tumblr_mpyn9qOnVj1r67id1o5_250.gif" width="245" height="180" /></a> This is likely how Crystal felt outside of the closed bus station[/caption]<br/><br/>Story three: <strong>Olympians and Air Travel - </strong>I remember you going on this trip. I remember thinking you were nuts. I had never been on a plane (and still didn't go on one for many years after this) but I don't know that I would even be willing to travel on a plane alone at age 25 let alone 12. You were so cool to me in this moment. You went on a plane, you shopped at that giant mall with the water park in it and then you came home all worldly and fancy (nothing says fancy to a 13-year-old like a water slide next to a GAP). However this story of Olympians is no where in my memory. It's possible that you didn't tell me, given that I have little care of sports and even less knowledge. I tried to Google to make sure that snowboarding had become an Olympic sport by then but alas it had. You covered your bases that for sure. The question is why would athletes be on an Edmonton flight in April? I suppose they have lives they could be visiting people. The difference with this story is that you said "It was pretty rad and it’s not something I’m likely to forget." You didn't say this about the others, thereby singling this one out as different. Granted the thing that makes it different is you saying its real but that could be a trap.<br/><br/>[caption id="attachment_488" align="aligncenter" width="500"]<a href="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/anigif_enhanced-buzz-16719-1375110693-28.gif"><img class="size-full wp-image-488" alt="THIS IS HARD" src="http://www.yellowshoesinthecity.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/anigif_enhanced-buzz-16719-1375110693-28.gif" width="500" height="294" /></a> THIS IS HARD[/caption]<br/><br/><strong>DECISION:</strong><br/><br/>Okay, so for this round of The Lying Game, I am going to pick <strong>Story Three: Olympians and Air Travel</strong> as the lie. I think that absolutely for sure the bus stop thing would happen and the creepy man at the bus stop sounds too familiar to ignore. I am going to guess that Crystal has yet to meet an Olympian on an airplane and that she just endured any turbulence with silent tears and light sobbing.<br/><br/>So Crystal, let me know how I did. And be gentle with any punishments.<br/><br/> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04994267918353303236noreply@blogger.com0