Here is a new vlog in which I taste and review another chocolate bar. I'll be returning to my regular "typing" blog next week...after the start of my NEW JOB!
Enjoy!
Friday, May 31, 2013
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Just drive until this summer gives
I seriously need to start having a "typing" type of vlog again. But I sincerely don't have time right now, especially with my Maymester. UGH!
Good news is that I made a 4.0 for my first year of Grad school! WOOHOO! Hopefully this Maymester does not ruin that! I'm determined to keep this a 4.0 no matter WHAT I do!
Anyways, here is another vlog in which I discuss my May Birchbox.
Good news is that I made a 4.0 for my first year of Grad school! WOOHOO! Hopefully this Maymester does not ruin that! I'm determined to keep this a 4.0 no matter WHAT I do!
Anyways, here is another vlog in which I discuss my May Birchbox.
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Tarzan and Jane were swingin' on a vine...
New Vlog post!
Edit: I absolutely forgot that I DID do a video on the Red Velvet Chocolate bar a couple of weeks back. Reason why I mentioned it in the video. I thought I didn't do a review on it.
Enjoy!
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Sweet Dreams are made of this...
My closest friends know how much I LOVE chocolate. I discovered new "flavors" of chocolate at World's Market last week. Here is me giving my review and showing other munchies that I have and will probably review later on.
Enjoy!
Saturday, April 6, 2013
I'm out for the weekend, with nothing to do...
DIY No Sew, No Drilling Curtains
I wished I found this when I was an undergrad...
Okay, as students living in apartments, we know NOT to drill any holes to hang up curtains, unless we want to fork over $$$ when we moved out.
We eventually figured out ways to hang our curtains without drilling holes. For example, getting some sort of pole and laying them over those Command hooks that can be removed.
However, I hated how you can see those hooks and never really bothered with them. And then there were the curtains themselves. I always had a hard time finding curtains that I actually liked at a decent price.
And then I discovered Pinterest...
This DIY No Sew, No Drilling Curtains is based off of a DIY that I found on Pinterest. Yet, I can't seem to find it anywhere on my boards at the moment...
Anyways...
Here is what you will need:
Special instructions
1. Fabric - measure your window from top to bottom and add about 3 - 4 inches to it. This is how much fabric you will get. So if your window measures 2 yards, you will get 2 yards and 3 inches. I kinda mis-measured my window and barely had enough fabric to fold over to make a pocket to weave the tension rods in.
2. Fabric Glue - I'm sure any brand of fabric glue will work, but make sure it dries clear and can be washed (meaning that when you wash your curtains, the glue doesn't come undone)
3. When you finish making your curtains, you may want to finish the "not finished" end where the fabric is fraying. You can do this by folding the ends over an inch and gluing it with fabric glue
Lets get started! (You can skip steps 1 - 3 if you already have curtains)
1. Lay your fabric on a flat, clean surface
2. Choose one of the sides that will act as the top of the curtain and where you will make a loop to weave your curtains through. Place fabric glue on edge of fabric. Remember, make sure you choose the right side. If you choose the wrong side, your curtain may be too short or too long.
3. Now, fold the edge with the glue over by at least 2 inches (just big enough so that the tension rod can go through)
4. Now, press down on the glue so that it sticks to the fabric.
5. Here comes the long part: WAIT FOR THE GLUE TO DRY!!! Depending on the brand of fabric glue you bought, this can last a couple of hours. I find that if you turn on a fan (I used my ceiling fan) the waiting time is shorter
6. As you are waiting for the glue to dry, set up your tension rods. Extend the tension rods about 1 inch wider than the width of your windows
7. When the glue is fully dry, insert the tension rod into the loop that you just made.
8. Install the curtains by pressing on side of the rod inside one side of your window. Then press so that rod shortens so that you can fully place the rod with the curtain inside your window.
9. Fix your curtains so that the rods are hidden.
10. Ta-da! Your own curtains!
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun making your own curtains!
I wished I found this when I was an undergrad...
Okay, as students living in apartments, we know NOT to drill any holes to hang up curtains, unless we want to fork over $$$ when we moved out.
We eventually figured out ways to hang our curtains without drilling holes. For example, getting some sort of pole and laying them over those Command hooks that can be removed.
However, I hated how you can see those hooks and never really bothered with them. And then there were the curtains themselves. I always had a hard time finding curtains that I actually liked at a decent price.
And then I discovered Pinterest...
This DIY No Sew, No Drilling Curtains is based off of a DIY that I found on Pinterest. Yet, I can't seem to find it anywhere on my boards at the moment...
Anyways...
Here is what you will need:
1. Tension rods
2. Fabric (or curtains you already have)
3. Fabric glue
Special instructions
1. Fabric - measure your window from top to bottom and add about 3 - 4 inches to it. This is how much fabric you will get. So if your window measures 2 yards, you will get 2 yards and 3 inches. I kinda mis-measured my window and barely had enough fabric to fold over to make a pocket to weave the tension rods in.
2. Fabric Glue - I'm sure any brand of fabric glue will work, but make sure it dries clear and can be washed (meaning that when you wash your curtains, the glue doesn't come undone)
3. When you finish making your curtains, you may want to finish the "not finished" end where the fabric is fraying. You can do this by folding the ends over an inch and gluing it with fabric glue
Lets get started! (You can skip steps 1 - 3 if you already have curtains)
1. Lay your fabric on a flat, clean surface
2. Choose one of the sides that will act as the top of the curtain and where you will make a loop to weave your curtains through. Place fabric glue on edge of fabric. Remember, make sure you choose the right side. If you choose the wrong side, your curtain may be too short or too long.
3. Now, fold the edge with the glue over by at least 2 inches (just big enough so that the tension rod can go through)
4. Now, press down on the glue so that it sticks to the fabric.
5. Here comes the long part: WAIT FOR THE GLUE TO DRY!!! Depending on the brand of fabric glue you bought, this can last a couple of hours. I find that if you turn on a fan (I used my ceiling fan) the waiting time is shorter
6. As you are waiting for the glue to dry, set up your tension rods. Extend the tension rods about 1 inch wider than the width of your windows
7. When the glue is fully dry, insert the tension rod into the loop that you just made.
8. Install the curtains by pressing on side of the rod inside one side of your window. Then press so that rod shortens so that you can fully place the rod with the curtain inside your window.
9. Fix your curtains so that the rods are hidden.
10. Ta-da! Your own curtains!
Hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun making your own curtains!
Thursday, April 4, 2013
All the World's a Stage...
Hey everyone!
So, here is the promised blog in which I talk about the characters of the Lizzie Bennet Diaries. I made it into a video instead because I felt it would be easier for me to talk about it, rather than just write it out.
Warning, it's pretty long.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
And now, the end is here; And so I face the final curtain
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 1
Oh the infamous words that begin Jane Austen's timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice! A very good friend of mine introduced this book to me when I was 12 years old. And ever since that moment, I've been reading this story at least once a year. I've seen the numerous adaptations, including 1995 BBC version, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle; the 2004 film, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; 1940 film, starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson; and, of course, the modern adaptation Bridget Jones' Diary, starring Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth (again!).
This is a story that NEVER gets old, no matter how many times I've read it. Seriously, I've replaced two copies of it already because they were coming apart.
However, the most MARVELOUS thing happened that changed how I perceived this story.
THIS.
And you thought Bridget Jones' Diary was a modern adaptation!
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a modern adaption of Jane Austen's beloved story. Elizabeth Bennet, or "Lizzie" in this case, is a 24 year old grad student (this sounds really familiar...). The story of Pride and Prejudice is told in the form of 100 vlogs on Lizzie's channel on Youtube, averaging about 5 minutes in length.
Similar to the fashion of how I was introduced to the story by a friend, a friend (who also shares a love for all things Jane Austen) from college introduced this series to me April '12. And what a GLORIOUS journey it has been for the past year.
Unfortunately, today was the last episode. And this is me pretty much releasing all the feelings that this show has created in me for the past year.
Story/Plot *Spoilers**Spoilers**Spoilers*
You would assume, since I've been reading this story for 12 years, that I would not be surprised by what's in store. Oh...how wrong that assumption was. Of course, I knew it was a modern adaptation. Therefore, there were going to be some tweaks on how the story was going to go. They did mix up some of the happenings in the story (such as things that happened later, were shown earlier; things that happened earlier, happened later).
Like many viewers, I was quite intrigued of how the creators/writers of the show were going to portray the Lydia/Wickham drama. I was highly intrigued when the drama consisted of a sex video. Some viewers were not pleased by that and I can see their displeasure. However, I thought it fit perfectly. I'm sure there were other ways they could've of shown this, but I was quite pleased of with the creators/writers choosing a sex video to portray the Lydia/Wickham drama arc.
If you have read the book, you know what originally happened. In short, Lydia did something in which her reputation, and the reputation of her family, is on the brink of ruin. I believe that is why the creators picked a sex tape. A sex tape is FOREVER and can be readily available on the internet. If the sex tape between Lydia and Wickham were ever released, it will be difficult for Lydia to find any semblance of a normal life.
While the main focus of the book and the LBD series was on Lizzie's life, the creators made several spinoffs during the progression of the series. Lydia had her own vlogs and we got to see a different side to her and saw how the Lydia/Wickham drama developed and escalated. Maria Lu (Charlotte's little sister) showed how Charlotte was doing in Collins and Collins, away from Lizzie. And of course, the Pemberley Digital Domino videos, which showed how Darcy, Gigi, and Fitz tracked down Wickham. The series not only showed Lizzie's perspective, but also the perspective of other characters and showed a different angle to certain plot elements.
Transmedia
I sometimes forget that the characters of Lizzie, Jane, Charlotte, Lydia, and etc. were not real. The transmedia team did a FANTABULOUS job of incorporating every aspect of these characters' lives in the modern world. Like many people today, we have facebook, twitter, and tumblr accounts. Similarly, these characters have facebook, twitter, and tumblr accounts...and a plethora of other accounts.
One of my favorite aspects of this story was reading the dialogue between certain characters (particularly between Gigi [Georgiana Darcy] and Fitz [Colonel Fitzwilliams]) as they happened on twitter (yes, I follow these characters on twitter...DON'T JUDGE ME). It showed a different side to the story...and made me much more attached to certain characters that I was never really attached to in the book.
Part. 2 of this blog post will be tomorrow (or later today) in which I give my thoughts on each (yes each) character of the show.
Stay tuned!
Oh the infamous words that begin Jane Austen's timeless classic, Pride and Prejudice! A very good friend of mine introduced this book to me when I was 12 years old. And ever since that moment, I've been reading this story at least once a year. I've seen the numerous adaptations, including 1995 BBC version, starring Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle; the 2004 film, starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen; 1940 film, starring Laurence Olivier and Greer Garson; and, of course, the modern adaptation Bridget Jones' Diary, starring Renee Zellweger and Colin Firth (again!).
This is a story that NEVER gets old, no matter how many times I've read it. Seriously, I've replaced two copies of it already because they were coming apart.
However, the most MARVELOUS thing happened that changed how I perceived this story.
THIS.
And you thought Bridget Jones' Diary was a modern adaptation!
The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a modern adaption of Jane Austen's beloved story. Elizabeth Bennet, or "Lizzie" in this case, is a 24 year old grad student (this sounds really familiar...). The story of Pride and Prejudice is told in the form of 100 vlogs on Lizzie's channel on Youtube, averaging about 5 minutes in length.
Similar to the fashion of how I was introduced to the story by a friend, a friend (who also shares a love for all things Jane Austen) from college introduced this series to me April '12. And what a GLORIOUS journey it has been for the past year.
Unfortunately, today was the last episode. And this is me pretty much releasing all the feelings that this show has created in me for the past year.
Story/Plot *Spoilers**Spoilers**Spoilers*
You would assume, since I've been reading this story for 12 years, that I would not be surprised by what's in store. Oh...how wrong that assumption was. Of course, I knew it was a modern adaptation. Therefore, there were going to be some tweaks on how the story was going to go. They did mix up some of the happenings in the story (such as things that happened later, were shown earlier; things that happened earlier, happened later).
Like many viewers, I was quite intrigued of how the creators/writers of the show were going to portray the Lydia/Wickham drama. I was highly intrigued when the drama consisted of a sex video. Some viewers were not pleased by that and I can see their displeasure. However, I thought it fit perfectly. I'm sure there were other ways they could've of shown this, but I was quite pleased of with the creators/writers choosing a sex video to portray the Lydia/Wickham drama arc.
If you have read the book, you know what originally happened. In short, Lydia did something in which her reputation, and the reputation of her family, is on the brink of ruin. I believe that is why the creators picked a sex tape. A sex tape is FOREVER and can be readily available on the internet. If the sex tape between Lydia and Wickham were ever released, it will be difficult for Lydia to find any semblance of a normal life.
While the main focus of the book and the LBD series was on Lizzie's life, the creators made several spinoffs during the progression of the series. Lydia had her own vlogs and we got to see a different side to her and saw how the Lydia/Wickham drama developed and escalated. Maria Lu (Charlotte's little sister) showed how Charlotte was doing in Collins and Collins, away from Lizzie. And of course, the Pemberley Digital Domino videos, which showed how Darcy, Gigi, and Fitz tracked down Wickham. The series not only showed Lizzie's perspective, but also the perspective of other characters and showed a different angle to certain plot elements.
Transmedia
I sometimes forget that the characters of Lizzie, Jane, Charlotte, Lydia, and etc. were not real. The transmedia team did a FANTABULOUS job of incorporating every aspect of these characters' lives in the modern world. Like many people today, we have facebook, twitter, and tumblr accounts. Similarly, these characters have facebook, twitter, and tumblr accounts...and a plethora of other accounts.
One of my favorite aspects of this story was reading the dialogue between certain characters (particularly between Gigi [Georgiana Darcy] and Fitz [Colonel Fitzwilliams]) as they happened on twitter (yes, I follow these characters on twitter...DON'T JUDGE ME). It showed a different side to the story...and made me much more attached to certain characters that I was never really attached to in the book.
Part. 2 of this blog post will be tomorrow (or later today) in which I give my thoughts on each (yes each) character of the show.
Stay tuned!
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