Doppelgänger

I didn't have any idea this word even existed for a long time. Then I joined facebook many moons ago& every so often there would be a sweep of 'beautiful people other people think I look like. Making me a beautiful person. So suck it' and there would inevitably be funny ones .. ridiculous ones .. and actually scary-accurate ones.

You'll be excited to hear that I have never partaken in those profile changing games. Not for anything. My photo firmly remained a photo of myself, including various props (people, animals, nature, etc). What's the point of having a display photo if it isn't of you? Oh well. That's another post. This is about Doppelgänger day. Everyone is so excited to have a famous doppelgänger. Why? It's not a good thing.

A tangible double of a living person in fiction, folklore, and popular culture that typically represents evil. In the vernacular, the word doppelgänger has come to refer (as in German "doppelt(e)") to any double or look-alike of a person.

So basically, before facebook? A doppelgänger was an evil double. And we ALL know the celebrity would be the good one. So you are essentially advertising the fact that you're someone's evil twin. Good job on being discreet. Plus, we all have someone we look like. They are our family& chances are good that at some point throughout our lives, we looked like someone in our family in that point in their lives. So no, it doesn't count if you look like your mother. It does, however, count if you're my father& my professor.

Also, the ever important question ..which one is the evil twin? I really am on the fence. On the one hand, Bernie has never yelled at me. On the other, he's also never given me a car. Dad has never given me homework, but he's also never given me a university credit. I'm going to say it depends on my mood.

So, I have never participated in doppelgänger week. Now that I don't have facebook though, I have decided to declare Doppelgänger Day on my blog. Who do you look like? Who do you wish you looked like? Or, like me, are you stuck in the land of 'I'm too unique for a doppelgänger. Bitch please'?

There was one time I will tell you about. When I was a baby, I looked like Drew Barrymore. Seriously. Everyone notices it. Even my boyfriend.. who thinks Drew Barrymore is really ugly. Basically he's telling me I was an ugly child. I think she's beautiful though.

Seeing as I was sweet& Drew was in rehab, I would say she would be the evil twin in our younger years. She also was a recovered addict by age 13 ..who else can say that?! I love her. Now we look nothing alike, which I find sad. Maybe I'll dye my hair blond and relive my glory days of having an evil twin?! Although, I think at this point I'd be the evil (or least less rich& successful) one. Here is an adult comparison ..what do you think?

Also, I totally have better eyebrows than her! I'm also incredibly tanned when comparing skin tones. Brilliant! Two points for me. So, with all that said and shown (can I just say none of this would be possible without my true love -photoshop!), who is YOUR doppelgänger? Want your very own awesome comparison chart for the next time doppelgängers attack facebook display photos?! Just let me know. I'm your woman.

Oh, also .. I haven't forgotten about 365. I have my 3 days worth of photos. I'll probably post them tonight when I'm once again not studying for Occupational Hygiene :) Stay posted!

Sunny Monday!

Yes, folks .. the sun is shining! It is still very cold out there though, so it's not a completely spring day. Mittens& big coats are still a must if you're going to be outside for any length of time :( Oh well, cold& sunny is better than cold& rainy / snowy / cloudy.

Freakonomics
Last night, Momma& I curled up with the Mac to watched this movie. It was pretty good! It talked about parenting ..incentives ..crime rates ..choosing names &lots of cool information. Neat to see it from an economists view. I had always assumed they did nothing of interest for me, but I was wrong! I would definitely encourage watching it! We also had some peanut butter cups. YUM. Although, make sure you take off the wrappers first. Oops.

Eyebrows
So, this is an issue I've had forever. Probably because I weirdly notice eyebrows more than anyone else. I love good eyebrows and hate bad ones. I rotate between good& bad myself, so I'm not judging. It's hard to stay on top of those pesky things when you're busy. For a long time, I had really. bad. brows. I have conquered this. You should too. My main topic is this trend of over plucking. It started a long, long time ago back when I was a wee tenth grader. I noticed it then and am slowly re-noticing it. I really hope it isn't planning on taking over the world again :| Here is an example (cropped to protect the poor person who doesn't have strict enough facebook privacy settings):

Perpetual surprise?!

Please. Avoid this look at all costs. Thank you.

Weddings
So, all kinds of people all around me are either popping the question or saying yes to it. My mother is constantly amused by my aversion to all things wedding-related. Is anyone else in this age group (20 - 29) also amazed by the fact that people all around you (maybe even you) are growing up into adults?! Well this fact is one thing that always shocks me when my friends are tying the knot (ps, congrats all you guys!), there is another thing besides the sheer adult-like behavior. What, you ask?
THE PLANNING! Oh. my. god. It seems like it would be time consuming, exhausting and so not worth the energy& money. All of that effort for one day? Wowza. So, since my wedding would be so much different from a conventional wedding, I decided to show you guys how I would want mine to go. Don't get me wrong, I do want to get married. I would just prefer it not cost an arm& leg, involve lots of people looking at me and a lot of my time.

My wedding
So, here are the things that MY (because let us never forget, this blog is all about me!) wedding need:
1. A beautiful ring. Preferably from here. Nothing traditional. No plain white diamond for me. I like color!

2. Beautiful photos. I love beautiful photos (in case you couldn't tell) and I want some. Although I want them to be fun and funky. And not in a dress ..because I don't ever plan on wearing a white dress. Again, the whole color thing.

3. Elope. Yes, that is correct. I want to plan nothing. I'd love to wake up one morning ..get engaged ..get married a week or so later. I'm simple. I want to get married in skinny jeans& a cardigan. We can do photos another time. I don't need presents or money .. I don't need people to throw me all kinds of showers / parties. Which reminds me ..

Bachelor Parties
..you haven't been single since WELL before this party. Hence, my complete lack of understanding of these things. If someone can explain them to me, I'm willing to listen& try to understand. Overall, I think they are incredibly dumb, stupid and people who want them thrown tend to be obnoxious and overbearing. Sorry if that's you. This is a major pet peeve. And those stupid slogans:

My time to mingle, as it's my last night single 

Last fling, before the ring

One more night lets do it right

And others. Oh god, just kill me. So, moral of the story -I want to get married. I just want to elope with a beautiful ring, beautiful photo memories& someone who loves me lots! Since those are the only things that last longer than the days, anyway.

Photo of the Day
Okay, so longest post ever maybe? Sorry. I just had to get the eyebrow& wedding things out. Wedding turned into a rant, for which I apologize. I think it's all funny though. On that note, here is my photo of the day. It's jesus (I think?).

I hope you enjoy my day 60 photos. It's from yesterday. Perhaps later tonight, I will update with my photo from today :) Enjoy your Monday ..it could be worse, since it's almost over now!

Ugh.

This year for Lent I'm giving up. That post title perfectly describes my day today. Let's start with yesterday though, shall we?

Yesterday I went to my A&P test, came home to see the puppy (who is fine now. Thank goodness he just keeps perking right back up!!), went back to CBU to gym it with Marg. All was going well until I got onto the treadmill for a run. 30 minutes to run 1.89 miles. My foot is SO frigging sore .. it was actually going numb at certain points ahaha so then we went to the Dome and just enjoyed the fake grass and sunlight! After that, I went with the boyfriend to get Orange Julius& Subway. I went to his house and promptly fell asleep until 12.30AM. Oops. Came home, crawled into my own bed and then? Start the 'ugh' day.

I slept in. So I got to lab 15 minutes late. Perfecto. After lab ended, I had about 3hrs to kill before my next lab. I went to the mall, but my foot hurt WAY too much to walk around there so I went to my car and got Burger King. Don't even care. That vanilla shake? To die for. Then I got a tea& had some quiet time with myself. I also, however, spilled the tea all over myself. Along with tea, I had some skittles. I opened them upside down and they all fell on the ground. At this point, I'm wanting to cry. I finish my tea, go to get my favorite gum .. pop it out, wham. Lost forever down my seat. Life, can you get any worse? Oh, yes. Yes you can. I spy with my little eye, something that is a pink packet of bubblegum flavored Extra gum!! I proceed to get WAY too excited .. pull out the pack anddddd .... it's empty. I quit at life. Went to lab, nothing too unfortunate happened there because I only had to sit and listen. After lab, I went to hit golf balls with Marg. It resulted in me missing the ball a lot .. hurting my foot by over rotating it .. and lastly, we went up to the gym. Where I promptly dropped the bosu ball on my foot :) So then driving home, I hit a MASSIVE pothole ..what the hell, Nova Scotia?! Now I'm home. I had my pizza (thanks, Mom!) and am ready to just do nothing all evening. Thank god for tonight .. I am planning on stealing Mom's bag of candy corn& chocolate sprinkle candies and just watching some Criminal Minds / Law& Order! The other downside to today& yesterday? THE WEATHER. Good lord. It is C- O- L- D out there! And gas is expensive, it is also going up tomorrow. I also NEED gas .. this is a dilemma because I HATE pumping gas in the cold. More than almost anything .. except eyes& hills.

The good things in my world? Here we go:
1. Mom returned my pants to Tommy& got me the right sizes (thanks again, Mom!)
2. She also bought me my favorite makeup (Benefit ..basically Halifax only. What the hell, Cape Breton? Stock more of it please.)
3. I let my eyebrows get gross in order to re-shape them. This could have gone either way ..but I waited patiently, plucked with caution& ended up with great eyebrows. Thank you, eyebrow kit for your stencils. Thank you, myself for your patience and skill with the Tweezerman!
4. I DO NOT have a coldsore. Knock on wood.


Now, what's left?! Oh yes, today and yesterday's photos. I don't have one for today yet, so you'll just have to patiently wait for that. Sorry, folks. If I just end up laying around my house all night, I will definitely edit this post to include the one for today :)
So here is Margy ..she always looks so stunning. Jealoussss. Perhaps I'll take my own photo today to compare LOL!

Click here for more Margy!

Alright, so today's photo has been taken and clearly, slightly edited. This is because I like photoshop. Suck it up and deal if you don't. I especially like my neck muscles in this one. Yum. Clavicles too!

PS another artist you all should listen to that you have probably never heard of? Nick Driver! Really, any of the artists on rotation on XM Coffeehouse .. however, I will start you with Mr. Driver - Let's Stay Together :) I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!