Day 125 -jumping right back in

Yesterday, I went straight from camping hair to studio photo shoot hair which, it turns out, is even bigger and messier than camping hair. Here is a before and after picture.


Note to self: wear lipstick from now on. Also, back-comb hair if possible. And don't forget to carry portable lights.

This studio photo was taken by Trevor Brady for Emilia Pelech who is working on her grad project at Ryerson. They visited 6 different people in their homes to photograph them in an everyday setting, or in their "real" environment, and then invited the same 6 people to the studio to be photographed as their "ideal". I was the odd one out in the project since Emilia thought it would be appropriate if I appeared somewhat the same for both images. I still had my hair and makeup done for the studio shoot (because in an ideal world, who wouldn't?) but since I'm only wearing my own clothes these days, I guess she figured they must be my "ideal".

The "real" photos were taken on Dec. 30, 2009. Here's a before and two afters from that day.


Thanks Emilia and Trevor! I had fun. Even though now I wish I could have a professional photographer around to take all of my pictures. Alas, I must return to my makeshift ways. I feel like what's-her-name after the ball, going back to the dungeon to scrub floors with her gold lamé cape. You know what I mean though, right?

Days 122, 123 & 124! Happy New Year!

Happy New Year Everybody! I'm back from a fun-soaked trip to Gambier Island where the internet only exists if you're talking about the way you use your hands to catch prawns before they escape back into the ocean. The only other network was a group of 11 great friends and 3 hospitable neighbours who let us use their wood-fired hot tub.

We left on New Year's Eve in stormy weather. My friend Barnaby had a tarp on his boat that conveniently transformed into a lovely rain-skirt for me, plus I sat on a life-jacket 'just in case'.



This did not save me (or anyone else) from getting really soaked, however, but since it was literally a once-in-a-blue-moon trip we didn't even care about the drops of water that turned to ice mid-air. A Blue Moon, according to the Wise Ways of Wikepedia, is the thirteenth full moon in a year, or the extra full moon that sometimes occurs in one year. Pictured below is the one we saw on 09/12/31, which, incidentally, is probably the same one you saw.


Sadly, I forgot to take a picture of my outfit on New Year's Day so it's a good thing that I wore the same thing that I wore the day before. Though the picture below was not taken on New Year's Day, it's an uncanny and accurate depiction not only of my outfit but of the day in general.
New Year's Eve Outfit
New Year's Day Outfit (reasonable facsimile)

The return trip on January second was less windy but more rainy and my friend Noel suggested that I make an origami tarp jacket but, as everyone knows, origami starts with a perfect square so instead I made this very regal looking tarp robe which was nicely punctuated by my 'attendant', Miguel.
Many thanks to my sweet boyfriend Stuart who arranged this whole trip (and took all of these photos) and to his parents, Elaine and Bill, for the use of their cozy cabin and to a group of friends who shared good times, good food and good company.

Day 121 - Happy Day Before New Year's Eve!

Day 120

Day 119 - my apologies

Hi Everybody, I hope your holidays are/were/are going to be relaxing/special/exciting. I would just like to say sorry for being such a lazy blogger. I haven't been writing anything and I haven't been responding to comments (even though I so truly appreciate them!!) for what seems like a very long time now. But those days will be over soon. Even though 2010 is going to be crazy busy, I promise to keep you better informed about makeshift goings on (going ons?) (goings ons?) (the more you write it, the weirder it looks - do you ever get that?) You could even call it a New Year's resolution of sorts. I won't call it that because we all know how New Year Resolutions go, but either way, there will be plenty of good times ahead. That much I know for sure.

Day 118

Days 116 and 117 - Merry Christmas! and Happy Boxing Day!