Art!...journal

One of my current jobs is packing up my bedroom, and deciding what is important to keep. While sifting through some shelves and throwing things away, I found an art journal that I did in grade 11 or 12. A few years ago now...

 All of the pages are pieces of art inspired by songs. Some of which are hugely extravagant, others of which are simple drawings. I'd like to think that my art has improved a bit, but I still enjoy a few of these.

Oh, fond memories. Ish.

Catseye

Not too long ago, I made an impulse buy on Etsy. It was a virtual pounce, and an almost immediate purchase. What was it? CATSEYE GLASSES!! (*capital letters may or may not be necessary. We can pretend).

Carol's Dream Boutique

For a while, I've been humming and ha-ing over the catseye glasses on Clearly Contacts. I keep deciding against it, as I haven't had an eye appointment in ages, and I should really have a prescription before purchasing glasses that I'll be using. Inexpensive glasses does not mean that I should arbitrarily buy glasses, when I'm just guessing on the strength of lenses and everything. That can potentially be a waste of money.

While I was on Etsy looking at rockabilly things and all kinds of fun items, I found these amazing clear sunglasses. I like clear sunglasses because it looks like you're just wearing glasses, but they have 100% UV protection. I bought these from Carol's Dream Boutique, and I couldn't be more thrilled. Since I got them in the post, I haven't really taken them off. The semi-ironic thing is, I do need glasses, but these do nothing for eye correction, so I still have to wear my contacts. Which I'm okay with. I'd rather be able to take off glasses whenever I want, but still be able to see and distinguish people.

1950s business men would kill to have me make them a Martini. Just saying.

Zombie Awareness Month

The Month of May is Zombie Awareness Month. During this time, individuals should wear grey ribbons, to spread awareness of the inevitable walking dead.

Photo credit: Worldofweirdthings

Nowadays, zombies are relatively common place in media and pop culture. There are countless movies, books, graphic novels, events, and paraphernalia which involve zombies, and many are fearful of when the zombie uprising will occur.

The first true introduction of zombies (as we know them today) was in 1968. Night of the Living Dead was made by George A. Romero, and presented a scene in which the dead came back to life, to seek out victims and gnaw on the flesh of the living. Since then, zombies have moved away from the traditional Voodoo Zombi to the flesh craving walking dead, whom we have all come to love.

There are still many misconceptions about zombies. Most of which are presented in ways that don't make sense, based on pure logic. For this month, I will attempt to give at least one helpful tidbit about zombies, so that you, dear reader, may be better prepared for the forthcoming uprising. All of these tidbits are based on personally opinion, and could be argued, but they give me comfort.

Tid bit #1: Zombies cannot wield weapons, unless it is secured to their body in any way. Zombies do not have a great deal of muscle control, and even if they did, would likely not bother carrying something around. Unless it was an arm or a leg or a delicious hunk of human.