i heart [tumbling]

http://hithisisdanielle.tumblr.com/
I tumblr now too when I am too lazy to write. Or just find cool photos, videos, music, whatnot. You should make one, then become my friend, and then we can have sleepovers and french braid each others hair.

i heart [retail therapy]

"You can’t reason yourself back into cheerfulness any more than you can reason yourself into an extra six inches in height."
— Stephen Fry, on people underestimating the power of depression

Looks like Steven Fry never tried on my new summer sandals. All it takes is a trip to Cherry Hill Mall and an almost maxxed out credit card to reason an extra six inches onto my height. And I feel a bit more cheerful.

i heart [Skins]

Britain's E4 Skins is all my favourite television shows to watch, all rolled into one hour long episodes, detailing the lives of eight teens. Imagine the coming to age tales of Beverly Hills 90210 and Canada's Degrassi Jr. High, mixed into the drug and alcohol usage of an Intervention star and more sex than Carrie Bradshaw and cast, portrayed with hyper-literate scripting usually reserved for Dawson's Creek and the Gilmore Girls. The first season spirals around the casts ringleader Tony, a manipulative smart-ass played by that kid from About A Boy. Who would have thought he would have grown up to be hot? He has some weird Cruel Intentions tensions with his addict of a little sister, Effie, but most of the plot lines revolve around his messed up relationships with friends. There's Sid, his best friend that is inconveniently in love with his girlfriend, Michelle, so sleeps with her best friend, Cassie, the recovering OCD-anorexic that is in love with Sid. And that is just one of the complicated love stories. There is Jal the somewhat moral character of the series, in love with my personal favourite character: the pill-popping, "Fuck it" slacker Chris who has an affair with an emotional wreck of a Psychology teacher. The third triangle, well polygon, has hottie Maxxie, wanna be professional dancer and the openly gay member of the gang, his greasy-haired, grandpa-sweater-wearing stalker named Sketch, that turns former homophobe Muslim Anwar into a mini-me Maxxie, after Maxxie turns her down.
And kids, that's just the tip of the sexual tension iceberg, so you have plenty to catch up on when you download the show (cause face it- good shows never make it onto BBC America).
Other reasons to watch:
The UK has looser tv rating laws- which means you get to see a lot of skin in this aptly named show. (Maxxie, Maxxie, Maxxie!)
The plot twists: What male character gives another a blow job, cause that's what friends do? Who almost dies? Who does?
The cinematography and directing: seriously some of this can be straight art school film stuff, but the ending of season one with the whole cast singing "Wild World" is truly spine-tingling moment.
Reasons not to watch:
For some reason it is always unseasonably warm and sunny in this part of England, so if you watch this, then go to the UK in February and expect to wear off the shoulder shirts with hip huggers, you will be sorely disappointed, and, might I add, dripping wet and freezing your ass off. Or is it only freezing everytime I go there? Anyhow...
If you currently have a 14-18 year old, or were ever thinking of raising a kid in Bristol, don't. They will be cheating, drug dealing and taking, alcoholic, slutty, pregnant, thieving, lying, under-achieving, suicidal, yet strangely attractive and well-meaning brats.
Check it out at: http://www.e4.com/skins/

i heart [fun chain letters]

Go to flickr.com and enter the answer to each question in the Search field.
Post what comes up.

1. What is your name?

2. Favorite food?

3. High School attended:

4. Celebrity crush:

5. Favorite Disney Princess:

6. Favorite color:

7. Favorite drink:

8. Dream vacation:

9. What do you want to be when you grow up?

10.What do you love most in life?

11. One word to describe you:

12. What do you dream about?

i heart [possibilities]

All the sudden, things got really exciting. We finally got caught up at work (ish), I got a freelance copy writing job that's fun, and I finally am making some movement in various craft projects. Probably more importantly a couple of yet-to-be-named opportunities are kind of in the works for me right now. While I don't want to go into detail until I know more about where they are going and where I want them to go, the best part of all of them is that even if they all don't work out, the fact that it is possible to work out, is enough to make me happy.
While the next step of my life isn't really touchable, I keep on getting glimpses and I like what I see.

i heart [being a stylist]

One job I really wish I could have the balls to do would be styling. I am so excited for the Sex and the City movie to come out not only cause I get to see it with some awesome girls, but because I love the outfits that Patrica Fields creates for the characters. So I guess I got a little to excited looking at the trailers and the Neiman Marcus online sale and made some premier outfits for the SATC women on my own.
Carrie Bradshaw:

Charlotte York:

Miranda Hobbes:

Samantha Jones:

And me, if I was to have a walk-on role.

Yes, those are red sequined Manolos and I need them.

i heart [the goodbye kiss]

Out with Melissa the other night, the subject of the goodbye kiss came up.
You know, when you are dating someone and you kiss hello and goodbye. And how when you first start seeing someone, you know it's serious when you start kissing goodbye whenever one of you is going to leave for more than just getting the paper and coffee or to pick up the Chinese take out. I think in a relationship, it is somewhat of an afterthought, that you never really contemplate it, but sitting in Suburban Station waiting for the always-3-minutes-late R7, I felt really nostalgic for that kind of reassuring kiss.
I feel like for the past year or so I've had enough first kisses, I'm sorry kisses, and final kisses. Kisses that could be full of meaning without any feelings. I guess I miss the kisses that meant nothing but showing feelings for someone.
So I guess this is a shout out to all those people that have someone they care about:
Kiss that person goodbye whenever you leave and don't take it for granted.x