Random Links & Stuff (v.3)

So summer is over again and last week I started my 4th year of university...  It is crazy to think that in just 8 short months I am going to be graduating and this chapter of my life will be over! 

The whole process of university has been such a time of personal change for me but at the same time I do really feel like the same little Emily who walked into that big lecture hall 3 years ago...  I am excited to see what this year and the rest of the future bring... I'm sure it will be a wild ride!

In the meantime... Here are a few things that I have been enjoying recently:

These spaces are beautiful.

If you are a Lord of the Rings fan then you need to read this.  Some concerns about Sauron's battle plan.

Ok so I'm may be a bit of a wimp but I can't help but feel sorry for the poor ants...  Super cool though!  But, would you want it in your house?

I have been working on figuring out what my personal style actually looks like lately...  Right now it is looking a lot like this:

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Not that different from what I usually wear, but I have found that having a visual of something that I like and know looks good on me really helps for those days that I feel like I don't have anything to wear!  If you are interested in seeing more of my inspirations you can check out my style board here.

 Are you right-brained or left-brained?  This 30 second quiz will help you find out!  Unsurprisingly, I am an almost exact 50/50 split :)

What would you add to this list of things to teach your daughter?  What would a list of your son look like?

This is such a cute project!  It also looks like it would be pretty fast which is my favourite kind of project!

And finally, 41 pictures for when life sucks.

Have a great week everyone!

what I'm listening to right now...

So I appear to be listening to a lot of British musicians lately...  maybe this is a thing?  Who knows :)

Also, lots and lots of indie... Because that is a thing and it never changes :)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Life lately/Winter

So I just realized that I never did a wrap up post for Guatemala.  You know,  the post that goes: "I got home safe, now here is a beautiful wrap up of the whole month".  Well here I am so obviously I got home safe :)  And, maybe sometime in the future I will find the time and energy to do a full recap (probably not :) ), but in the meantime I will just say that the whole experience was wonderful and that the last week was full of laughter and tears and went by much too fast.

Currently I am surviving  my third year of university (which is doing its utmost to kill me slowly) and trying to figure out who I am and what I want to do for the rest of my life (light stuff).  But right now I'm on reading week so all of that is on hold :)

I have also started crocheting and knitting as much as I possibly can, lighting a billion and one candles every night, and drinking more tea than is humanly possible (except that it obviously is) all of which is really helping with the stress :)


So, here is a little bit of my life lately:

My 22nd birthday was yesterday which means that now this song can be the soundtrack of my life (except maybe not :) )

Forever Amber is my favourite blog to read any time.  She always makes me laugh and I looove how she dresses :)  Meg Fee is another of my favourite bloggers..  Her words are so beautiful.

I recently discovered 8 Tracks which is an awesome music sharing type place that I love :)
(If you're interested, here is the playlist that I am listening to while I write this).

Also, this because space is cool :)

And, here are 27 picture to restore your faith in humanity (and maybe make you cry), and here are 29 people to crush that hope (but maybe make you laugh).

I am really wanting to travel right now...  nowhere in particular.. just everywhere!  So I occasionally do searches that go something like "student travel" travelling on a student budget" or "working vacation".  So far all the options those bring up still require money to get where I'm going so it looks like I will be staying home this summer...  Oh well, a girl can dream :)  

I am definitely going to try to make these sometime soon!

Annnd, I have started some choreography again so I have been watching a bunch of dance stuff and this improv is just gorgeous.

ALSO, (sorry got a little excited there :) ), also, this is the 150th post on this blog!!  I feel like that is a pretty big accomplishment!

Finally, it has been pretty cold here this winter and this is what I have been looking like when I catch the bus in the morning :)

Have a great week everyone!!

what I'm listening to right now....

Just a bit of what my days have been sounding like lately.

Also, I apologize for the unintended break of the past month....  I am hoping, and trying, to make sure it won't happen again, but I make no promises :)

I'm baaaacck!

Hi everyone!

So I am back home again after my gallivanting all over the world :)  I had tons of fun but it is good to be home again :)

I still have to go through the zillions of pictures I took, but prepare for a picture overload as soon as I am done!

In the meantime... here are some of my favourite songs of the summer:

More than usual I know, but I hope you like some of it :)

Happy Sunday!

30 Day Snap | Day 24

Painted my toenails...  This is definitely my favourite nail polish colour for this summer :)

Persephone by Zoya



Aannnddd.... Some random links to stuff that is awesome and cool:

I stumbled across this post recently which basically says all the things that I believe about women and feminism in much better words than I ever could.

This letter from a father to his daughter about her future husband is just beautiful.

Love this song by The Honey Trees.

And, this is just fun: Awesome People Reading.

30 Day Snap | Day 20

I made myself a root beer float with cherry ice cream today.  It was awesome.

Also, I am currently loving this :)

what I'm listening to right now...

A few new (to me) bands that I have been enjoying recently...

what I'm listening to right now... (study edition)

So.  I have been studying a lot lately...  You know, exams and such :P  Anyway, the music that I listen to when I study is different than the music that I listen to when I just want to listen to music (which is what I normally put on here).  So, I thought that I would share :)

What do you think?  Do you have special 'study' music?

And in other news... I am going to my first ever formal tonight and I am SUPER excited! :)

what I'm listening to right now...

A few of my all time favorites.   And look! It's another City Harmonic song!  :) 

what I'm listening to right now...

Yep this is it.  And The City Harmonic?  My new favourite band.  Expect to hear a lot more of them from now on :)   Holy is probably my favourite here... Really love all of it though :)

what I'm listening to right now...

I am aware that this is an incredibly eclectic list of songs but I guess that is just me :)  

One Thing Remains by Jesus Culture, Skyscraper by Demi Lovato, and Breath of life by Florence and the Machine (one of my all time favourites :)).  Enjoy!

what I am listening to right now...

So I guess this is a lot of 'I can do this' type music but that is so definitely what I need right now because I so often feel like I can't do it and that I am going to fail or fall.  The surgery is over now but I am scared that I won't be able to make it through the next year of recovery that I have in front of me... Sometimes it just gets overwhelming.  I have already been dealing with this for a year and I have another year to go before I will feel normal again.   So I close my eyes and listen to this music.

day 2 - May 23

Day 2.  Something you are listening to.

So, I discovered the British boy band One Direction a few weeks ago, and they have turned into my 'go to' music for everything.  My family has been giving me quite the ribbing for liking boy band music, but there you go :)  I need something light in my life right now :)

One Direction 

Well, today turned out to be a very 'ish' day.  I was hit by a car two months ago in Spain and I'm still trying to figure out the aftermath... I hurt my knee really badly, and today I found out that it is a lot worse than I thought it was which pretty much totally sucked :P  

But other then that it was just kind of normal... I slept in (I've been doing that a lot lately :) It's not like I have anywhere I need to be first thing in the morning), and then just did my thing for the rest of the day. :)  I did some catching up with a friend of mine which was pretty awesome. :) Somehow we hadn't managed to connect since I have been home so it was really nice to just talk for a while. :)

Disclaimer:  I just realized that I used ridiculous amount of emoticons in this post :)  Sorry!