Sara says: SOMETHING WITTY ABOUT JANUARY

You guys, I'm sorry, but I've been feeling like poopshit. Blogging and doing things besides going to Target, laying about, and moaning will recommence soon.

Here's what happened in-between the Target trips and the moaning...

That sounded bad.

+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
-The Editing Room is filled with HILARIOUS "abridged" movie scripts. Read the ones for the Twilight series. I was in tears. TEARS. Like, weeping openly with laughter. 
-Queer Fat Femme, because... well... DUH.
-I've been hitting Shakesville pretty hard this primary season to avoid despairing to death over politics. ONLY MOST OF THE YEAR LEFT TO GO! I CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MY BARF!

+My favorite post:
Leapin Leopards was pretty awesome. That was a good day in the life of Sara.

+Movies I've watched:
-Red Tails, I really liked it and I think it's important to support films about Black history (with a Black cast that isn't Tyler Perry). The reviews were mediocre, which I don't understand. I think what some critics found contrite I just found "wholesome". Eh, I liked it and it was an enjoyable way to spend the afternoon.
-Food Inc., a must-see documentary for people who eat food.
-Exit Through The Gift Shop, jumping on the Banksy train. Makes me want to yarn-bomb or wheat-paste something.
-Downton Abbey, Ok, yes, this is teevee, but I LOVE it. Poncey English gentle-people with problems.

AND ISN'T HE JUST DARLING?!?!?!
(Daniel Stevens, who plays Matthew Crawley on DA)

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+Creepiest Clown:

Homegirl's got some problems... check out her problems here!

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:
Watch this bunny go!


Simon got a kitten, OH NOES!


Jumping on the Shit _______ Say bandwagon.
"Shit (Young, White, Class-privileged, City-based) "Radical Queers" Say to Each Other"


This one has gone viral, so you've probably seen it. AND FOR GOOD REASON, because it's baby goddamn sloths taking a bath. Watch it. You'll die of cute.


Now watch Kristen Bell on Ellen freaking the fuck out with joy over... sloths.


+Other required viewing:
-Go read about Beyonce' the chicken again, it'll make your day better.
-Jeff Bridges can sing and guitar play and was totes on Austin City Limits you guys!
-Rescripting Sex or how to create a culture of consent-asking. I swear, Pervocracy reads my mind.
-Miss Representation trailer, an upcoming documentary about how the media impacts how our culture views/treats women.

+Notable Pins:
I'm going to attempt this rather boojy manicure.

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Really cool tutorial on how to transfer a paper image onto wood. Click through to see!

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I wasn't feeling the Ron + Hermione love before. But now, thanks to this still, I BELIEVE!

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I lost this on eBay and my heart died.

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From the latest Crochet Today! Can I makes it? I dunno, KRIISSSTEENNNNN! Help!
(K is kind of my crochet sensei).

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+Exciting happenings outside the interwebs:
-School started back up, BOO!
-I bought a new purse, HOORAY!
-I've spent a lot of time with some lovely friends, SOCIALIZATION!
-That's about it!

+Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month:
Luna Love, who swears her man is under there somewhere (her words, not mine!) I love her Tumblr.

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So yeah, YAY February!

So, how are you doing?

Sara says: HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Hello bloggy friends! I hope the holiday season treated you kindly, and if not FUCK IT IT'S OVER!

Truth be told, I'm tired y'all. I crocheted the hell out of Christmas (post to come soon!) and the holiday felt like it lasted a month. I guess it did! I'm looking forward to 2012 though- even if the world ends.

I'm spending New Year's sleeping on the couch with my lovey and a bottle of champagne. Y'all have fun out there and DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE. OR TEXT AND DRIVE. OR TEXT WHILE DRINKING AND DRIVING.

With that being said (yelled, whatever) let's do a monthly gift/2011 round up, shall we?


+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
-Amazing crochet blog en Español and English called Bigú Handmade! So many amazing patterns impeccably laid out!
-Feeling Stitchy, embroidery porn and inspiration. String is the most fantastic medium, I swear.
-Fat Girl Posing, awesome photos (some NSFW) and body positive resource. Yay!
-Fatshion bloggess supreme SheDel has some amazing thrifty outfits at My Thrifted Closet.

+My favorite post:
The Dream House series! Check it out! The Aviary is coming down the tube very soon! :D

+Movies I've watched:
A Christmas Story! I just leave the marathon they show on teevee every year on as background noise on Christmas Eve. "You'll shoot your eye out!"

I'm not the first one to say this, but you guys 2011 was kind of a shitty year for movies. Now, 2012 on the other hand, is full of promises.



Need I say more?!

+Creepiest Clown of 2011!
Now this was difficult, but I think it has to be this guy:

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:
Fantastic stop motion video of Mario in the real world.



I have somehow infected everyone in my family with Nyan Cat. As a bonus, it's hard to be dramatic and talk about uncomfortable holiday dinner topics with Nyan Cat in the background.



Don't act like you've never wanted to do this. Dancing With An iPod in Public - Footloose 



Watch this froggie video. Just do it, it's less than 30-damn-seconds!



+Other Required Viewing:
-Was 2011, in fact, a joke? 
-Why You Shouldn't Donate to the Salvation Army

+Notable Pins:
New Year's resolution: WEAR A BIKINI! This one:

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Dream NYE dress:

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I HATE when this happens!

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Fabulous button display idea!

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Pew! Pew! PEW!

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+Exciting happenings IRL:
-Christmas is over!
-I'm looking forward to Valentine's Day like some sort of holiday sadist.
-Last semester of graduate school classes (then internships, yippee!)
-Matt got Red Hot Chili Pepper tickets for Christmas ;)
-Getting new ink next week at a new shop, OMG!

+Relevant photos:
Matt let me paint his toenails pink and green on Christmas day because he loves me. Just on one foot though.

A Year of Sara Faces and Hairvolution

+Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month
Ms. Tess Munster, if you please!

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So, Happy New Year you guys! Have fun and here's to a rockin 2012!

Sara says: EH. NOVEMBER.

HOLY CRICKET I AM DELINQUENT IN MY BLOG DUTIES! Ok, it's not that serious, but man did November go by fast. I can't believe it's already Christmas time! AHHHHH!

Well, November does serve a purpose other than being Pre-Generic Winter Buying Holiday time. Let's look, shall we?

+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
- Fat People of Color
- Oh So Lovely Vintage
- omg cats in space!
- Things Could Be Worse

+My favorite posts this month:
- Everyone meet Mariner Edge of Glory!
- Twi-hard makeup geek time! (I don't hate Kristen Stewart, I really don't... see below.)

+Movies I've watched:
- The Muppets. It was pretty sweet. Miss Piggy being sassy! Hooray! Amy Adams is my new girl-crush. Seriously. Me-ow.

- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1. This one was my favorite of all the other Twilight films! I love how they just went for it and was all, "Here we go y'all, all aboard on the crazy train!" I think Bella was the most likeable she's ever been in the films, and that's all I'm going to say about that. I've about finished the books, so when I snark on the conservative, anti-feminist themes at least I'll have the knowledge to back it up. This series is so dumb... and I love it for being dumb. *sigh*

- The Lovely Bones. I don't understand why people didn't like this one! I guess I've just been a Peter Jackson fan for too long; I could totally see him being into this story. Reminded me a bit of Heavenly Creatures. The special effects could have been better, perhaps. This movie was no What Dreams May Come, as far as depicting heaven goes. Other than that, I liked it a lot!

- Watched all three Lord of the Rings films over Thanksgiving. Why? BECAUSE I'M A NERD, THAT'S WHY. Something about epic sagas just gets to me... gonna start reading The Hunger Games I think, before the movie comes out.

- marathoned all 8 Harry Potter movies, because that's just what I do when I'm stressed.

Jeez, my taste in movies makes me look like a big dork! I need to get a little more arte haus up in here!

+Creepiest Clown:
 I Screamed a Cuss

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:
I know this video is as old as the internet, but it makes me happy!


Learn how to speak gracefully in public like Kristen Stewart!


I love Target's holiday ads, they have embraced the crazy White woman demographic!


+Other Required Viewing:
- A proposed software tool is intended to address concerns about the prevalence of highly idealized and digitally edited images in advertising and fashion magazines. (Clicky here for article).
- Why The Walking Dead makes me scream at the teevee, but I'll probably still watch it in February.
- Fuck Whole Foods.
- Hyperbole and a Half triumphs over depression.

+Notable pins:
I keep threatening to make a neon-Jesus themed room, and this is kind of what it would look like.

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 Easy curls hair tutorial! So easy, a Sara can do it!

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My favorite comic so far from Things Could Be Worse, linked above. Thanks, Casey!

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I am so going to make this.

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Children as Ellen and Portia on their wedding day for Halloween! This made me cry all over the place.

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+Exciting happenings IRL:
- Done with school this semester, OMFG!
- Took the lovey to go see Fiddler on the Roof as an early Christmas present. TRADITION! tradition...

+Relevant photos:

Granny and her tree. Poor Granny broke her hip this month. Ignore cluttery-ass kitchen.

LET THE BAKING BEGIN!

I am obsessed with making hats, but have discovered I may be slightly allergic to acrylic?!

+Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month:
Oh yeah, fat girls CAN SO cosplay and look badass!

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Tell me something amazing you did last month? Did you have an epic and marvelous Thanksgiving? I hope so!

Here's to a truly excellent Decemeber! Wow! The year is almost over!

Sara says: WAKE ME UP WHEN SEPTEMBER ENDS

Because I can be corny if I want to, that's why! And it's been a rough one, folks.

I mean, seriously...
-9/11 10-year anniversary.
-American Apparel once again proves how sensitive and positive a company they are.
-Troy Davis executed, becoming a martyr and a poster child for how capital punishment fails us.
-Don't Ask/Don't Tell finally ends, which is GOOD, but brings out some pretty strong emotions and GOP candidate/constituent FAIL. 
-Jamey Rodemeyer commits suicide, bringing further attention to the issues of bullying and the impact on the LGBT community. Support the It Gets Better Project!

And my granny took a nose-dive this month and seems to be fading faster and faster. Being a caretaker sucks. I'm glad to do it and wouldn't have it any differently, but it still sucks.

+Comfort Food (besides me going on daily Starbuck's pillages):



+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
-Picked up some mighty sweet crochet patterns from PlanetJune.
-craftyminx, plus-size crafty maven! Wanna learn how to crochet? School is in session






+My favorite post this month:
-I Am Mine, after going to see PJ20. 

+Movies I've watched:
-PJ20, I had no idea that Cameron Crowe did Almost Famous and it's basically about his life. Wow!
-Ponyo, adorable! I love Miyazaki and this one is not at all creepy! I'm worried that he may be sacrificing creepy for Disney-fication though, but I haven't seen some of his other films that are targeted for a younger set.
-The Princess and the Frog, another anti-depressant. First Disney film I've ever openly debated.
-Red Dragon, the prequel to Silence of the Lambs. My beau has never seen any of the films and this one was surprisingly better than I remembered it. Ralph Fiennes is so deliciously evil...
-Mystery Science Theater 3000, OMG this is like my go to anti-depressant! It's totally for geeks and the films are indeed painful, but I remember fondly being a little baby Sara staying up late watching MST3K. Here's Mike and his robot friends shredding a short film about hygiene. Priceless.



+Creepiest Clown:

Hey there buddy...

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:
Drew from Toothpaste for Dinner, doesn't do shit and neither do I.


The Misadventures of AWKWARD Black Girl!


My work out tune from Ms. Leslie Hall.


Dude acts like a total douche-canoe whilst getting tattooed.



+Notable pins:
Cosmo for reals.

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Whheeee!

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Models Own Beetlejuice Collection, Nov. 2011

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I'm getting obsessed with making little amis! Lookit these flowers! I could make me some pink daffodils!

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Yes! Quickly now! Om nom nom!

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+Exciting happenings IRL:
-I'm going on vacation with my Lovey!
-Halloween decorations are up!
-It's Fall and we are totally tearing up squashes and pumpkins!
-Hot Springs Documentary Film Fest time!


+Relevant Photos:

Lookit this pretty spider web...

New inky! Why yes, it is from Berkley Illustration...

Matt and I being silly with a mousey ami I made...

+Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month:
In the continued spirit of "BBW Dominatrix"!
 

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Ah, October! I missed you! I'll try not to be too happy about the demise of September.

Tell me, what's been going on with you?

Sara says: HERE LIES THE HAPS OF AUGUST

I wish Fall would hurry the hell up. I'm ready for pumpkins, and leaves, and chilly weather. However, I shall endeavor to enjoy these last dregs of summertime. Here lies the haps of August.



+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
Here's 3 completely different awesome blogs!
1.) Shakesville - still working my way around this one, but basically a safe space and Feminism 101.
2.) The Pervocracy - kink-friendly, feminist, sex-blog. Love it to pieces!
3.) Advanced Style - a fashion blog that's getting a lot of press and espouses that personal style advances with age. Fantastic! My favorite so far is Ms. Ruth, who's 100 and lifts weights in her precious lacey gloves.

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+My favorite post this month: 
Has to be this one: FATTY, FATTY, FAT


+Movies I've watched:
- Forced a sweet friend to endure Shark Attack 3: Megalodon. Here's the finer points of that... film.
- Watched some (finally) Michael Moore films: Capitalism, A Love Story and Bowling for Columbine.
- Tangled, Disney's most weirdly marketed modern animated feature ever, but very sweet.
- Freakonomics, correlation does not imply causation! Totally want to read the book now!
- In light of the West Memphis 3 finally being released, I watched Paradise Lost and Paradise Lost: Revelations. Seeing as how I'm from Arkansas, I will probably do a separate post on the whole subject. Here it is!
- Totally re-discovered He-Man. Oddly, it's great background noise for working out... I HAVE THE POWER!

Conclusion: I am a screaming liberal child! Hooray!


+Creepiest Clown:
I couldn't even come up with a title for this son of a bitch!

Yeah. He wins.

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:
The internet is for kitties. And OMG EPIC SOUNDTRACK IS EPIC!


Said sweet friend eventually forgave me for inflicting Shark Attack 3 on her and introduced me to Karmin Covers. Watch and be amazed!




+Other Required Viewing:
-Read this beguiling mystery about... okra.
-Oh, and I was totally on Regretsy! Twice! In a good way, not for hot-gluing some dumb shit to some other shit. It may quite possibly be sad that I'm so happy about this...
-Watch this here life-altering poetry slamming and spoken word art-ing.


+Notable pins:
HOLY CRICKET! By Jeff Gogue, who is apparently booked for the next forever.

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LOL.

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Crayola homicide with a blow dryer!

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I freaking LOVE mantids (and most other bugs for that matter). Here is an Orchid Mantis.

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Click on this, read it, and commit it to your little hearts. I love her for this!

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+Exciting happenings IRL:
-New ink was acquired. Hooray! Will maybe post pics and whatnot. Still healing.
-The WM3 are free... OMFG! YES!
-I got salmonella poisoning from eating papaya. How stupid is that?
-I water marbled my nails for the first time!
-I have been walking at least a mile most days of the week. Been workin it a lot this month! My Standing Knee yoga pose looks more like I got a little Captain in me though... that sounded dirty...


+Relevant Photos:

Playing around with a blue gradient liner look.

Shark Flash! Hint hint hint!

+Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month:
Just. Filthy.

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So yeah, it's been kinda slow since I'm BACK in school after a fleeting 2-week siesta between Summer and Fall. I'm ready for September! Bring it!

Hope y'all had an excellent summer! :D

Sara says: IT'S TOO DARN HOT HERE IN JULY

It's monthly gift time; where I share the haps both on and off the interwebs. Woot!


+New blogs I've found and enjoyed:
Vintage-pink-bathroom-lovin lovelies Eartha Kitsch and Betty Crafter have it goin on! Go check them out and tell them the clowns sent you!

+My favorite post this month:
I'm really pleased with this outfit and all my fab makeup finds from e.l.f.!

+Movies I've watched:
-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (:*> Although, I believe I like Part 1 better).
-Crazy, Stupid, Love (pleasantly surprised! It's like a sillier, American version of Love Actually).

Been on a total horror kick for the past week! You can watch the MoH series on the IMDB!

-Paranormal Activity 2 (Boo. Hopefully the third one will be better...)
-Masters of Horror Series: Jenifer (fun and oddly sexy? I'll watch anything Mick Garris makes).
-Masters of Horror Series: Right to Die (really liked this one! The special effects were pretty rad!)
-Trick 'r Treat (Anna Paquin before True Blood! This is one of those pieces that looked a lot better on paper than it does on film.)


+Creepiest Clown
This one wins, hands down.

Thumbs up, yous guys...

+YouTube videos that made me teehee:

This makes me laugh like a crazy person EVERY TIME!


Gaga lent "Teeth" to Shark Week! I AM SO HAPPY!


Summer's Eve lost their damn minds. Not even gonna talk about the ethnic talking vulva ones...


Re-discovered this song from Pearl Jam. So lovely, even though Eddie Vedder sounds like he's hollering about "SOY BEANS"!


Ok, yes, it's another cat. JUST WATCH IT! *going to my cold place*


Flashback! "A gay boy wished for a planet full of unicorns..."



+Other Required Viewing:
-How much of your favorite energy drink, soda, or caffeinated food would it take to kill you?
 -Little Rock's Haiku Hotel craigslist forums, include gems like this one *ahem* "Oh Emma Watson I would drink your bath water and lick your ass hole" So, yeah, pretty much and endless wasteland of LOLs.
 -Here's what happens when you walk around topless in Central Park for an afternoon. 
 -From the NYT, "Only now have I begun to see that letting go and trusting in the unknown doesn’t have to mean driving off a cliff, that leaps can be leaps of faith." (READ IT, HOLY CRAP!)
  
+Notable pins:
-Stages of Procrastination (ALMOST DONE WITH MY SUMMER SEMESTER, OMG!)

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-Discover your ninja assassin alter-ego, like the 12-year old that I am.

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-This is so much fun! Internet, time-murdering sand art!

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-So going to make this headband. I've been itchin to do some stitchin!

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+Exciting happenings IRL:
-I'm 25, happee birthday to meeeee!
-I drove all over the state!
-I got a speeding ticket.
-I also have jury duty.
-Hopefully I'm going to acquire new ink at the end of August!

+Relevant Photos:

I discovered Korean food! This is delicious Bibimbap, kinda like stir fry.

Next year for my bday, totally doing an 80's dress bar-crawl. This circus-tent-like-horror is a prime example, though I would have to add some sequins. NLR Saver's has a great selection of prom nightmares.

A bday "RAH!"-face

Matt's sister, Bianca, and I waiting in line for HP epic funtimes!

Bianca conquered this toliet bowl like water slide at Wild River Country.

*NEW* +Big Girls Don't Cry Hotness of the Month:

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WHEW! Tell me, what were your totally awesome haps in July? Here's to an awesome and hopefully less hot August! What are you looking forward to?