Manic Monday!

Welcome to the first ever Spanky Luvs It Manic Monday post.
Once a week i'll blog about something i'm currently luv'n extra. (so much that i'm crazy about it!)

this weeks Manic Monday topic is...

RED

"You know those days when you get the mean reds?"

"The mean reds, you mean like the blues?"
"No. The blues are because you're getting fat and maybe it's been raining too long, you're just sad that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?"
"Sure"
"Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away. The quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there. If I could find a real-life place that'd make me feel like Tiffany's, then - then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name!"
-Holly GoLightly & Paul "fred" Varjak, Breakfast at Tiffany's

I've been feeling a bit of the *mean reds* lately, but i've also been mad OVER red, especially as an accent colour.


Nails:
The red nails are fun. I used to go either sans polish, or paint some black on & call it a day. (black goes with everything, so why not?) I'm always a little nervous about picking a specific colour for nails because i'm way to lazy to keep removing & repainting according to my outfit & colours can clash if you're not careful. Well, i'm kinda over it. Unless I plan on wearing a neon pink or orange dress, no one is going to notice. Red nails have become a standard again in young Hollywood (which is cute because red always makes me think of OLD Hollywood). Luvrs of the red nail are L.Lohan, the Olsens, and nail polish conesuir, Lauren Conrad.

i recently bought "Cherry on Top" from Victoria Secret ($7 or bundle specials of 3/$15 or 6/$20)

Lips:
Classsssssic. Nothing takes a little black dress or a white tee & jeans to a different level like a red lip. Unfortunately for ME, i haven't found a lipstick that i really like or trust. I've tried a few & have never been thrilled with them (maybe because i'm a little bit cheap & don't buy $50 lipsticks from Sephora!) I've tried the non-kiss off, the gloss, a darker shade, a bolder shade, but i can't find one that i really luv. (anyone got a hot red lip tip? i'd luv to know!) Luvrs of the red lip are C. Aguilera, G. Stefani, L. Conrad & of course, the Queen - Marilyn Monroe.




Clips:
Sometimes i like to splash in a bit more colour with accessories. Hair clips are a very easy & hassle free way to do this. Since a lot of the time i wear the front pinned back anyway with a bobby, i might as well add a little clip there as well. On the side, on the top of a pony, or even just clipped into loose 'do.
I bought the "Rasta Bow Hair Clip" set of 3 colours (duh, rasta, red, yellow, green) from HotTopic ($6). They also have other fun varieties like the silver, blue & pink set that are totally glitterfied & the 80's snow leopard set i bought my lil sis. Be careful though ladies, she's cute, but you don't want to have too much of a Matilda Moment.


Bracelet:
So the karmic trend of the Kabbalah bracelet might be soo over, but this cute little bracelet from BleuDame.com is a luvly little accent (& we can tell ourselves that it's bringing us inner peace if we want!) I used to wear the red & black until they broke (& i made a wish...). I'm wearing the blue one right now! $1.80 & the thing has been on for months through showers, swimming, even spray tanning & still looks great (& not tan).


Earphones:
Sure, there is something to be said for the Apple EarBudd symbol, but as a girl with tragically small ears, they don't fit me. So, i was forced to look elsewhere. I'm glad that i did, because now i have these hot little budds from SkullCandy ($19.95). The earphones are called "INKD" & come in a bunch of colours. I have red! (i also have these hot rasta "smok'n budds" starting at $29.95) They make for an extra flare & personality, even if you're sweating your butt off at the gym.


Charity:
If you don't already know about the (RED) foundation, you should look into it. It's an amazing organization devoted 397759to raising money to fight AIDS in Africa. The organization has teamed up with such companies as Gap, Apple and American Express to heighten the awareness and raise money through product sales & donations. The king of the Celebu-RED movement, Bono, pulled me in years ago with the sister company "One". I became involved DURING a U2 concert!



What colours are you currently obsessed with? Do you have any rivals to the products i've listed? How else could one rock out with a mean red? tell me! I gotta know! after all...

"it's just another manic monday"

luvs it*

silly goals...

SO, i just graduated w/ my associates degree (whoo hooo!) After 6 "short" semesters, i have a 2 year degree... whats wrong w/ this picture? hmmm

Normally, an event or milestone in ones life makes them think about goals they'd like to achieve in the near future. these might include

• Continuing on in the pursuit for higher education (in my case going on to get my Bachelors degree, for others Grad School, Masters, Med School... y'know...)
• Using their degree... in other words GETTING A FUCKING JOB. Becoming a 9-5er rather than working for peanuts as a waitress for the cheapest family restaurant in the damn town.
• Making an investment, some may buy an apartment or even a house, maybe a nice car or a few business suits.
• Making a valiant effort to start repaying all of those student loans before the good ol' interest starts to kick in too deep.
• Settle down, maybe pop the question to the college sweetheart, take that relationship to the next level & think about marriage, kids, grown up life
  

but... that's boring, plus i have to kinda put all of those kinda goals on hold for a little while. So i'm going to set some other goals. Some are realistic, some are a bit pricey perhaps & some are dreams that i WISH will one day be realistic.

Loooooong hair: I could just wait like a YEAR for my hair to grow grow grow, but since i'm so wicked impatient, i'm going to attempt to rock some super long extensions. Hey, if all the celebutants can kick it w/ the fake locks, than why can't i?! (wish me luck, hmm?)

Tattoo: i've been jones'n for tat #2 since about 20 mins after i got tat #1... (4 1/2 years ago!) The dilemma has been what to get... i realllly wanna get something meaningful to my sister & i & have us get ones that match, BUT unfortunately, we can't agree! i wanna get "XXVII" Roman numerals for 27, the date that both of our birthdays land on. She's "thinking about it"... If anyone reads this blog & can send me any images or links of symbols meaning "sisters" or "family" or anything like that i'd luvs u forever!

Sell some custom made trucker hats: So far the only owner of a "Spanky luvs it" Trucker hat is my bestie K. I gave her a sweet one for her bday. (i'll upload pics later)

Own a Christian Audigier hat/top/dress: The man is a design genius, i luvs his stuff, but WHY CHRISTIAN, WHY does it all have to cost soooo much!?!? My slight obsession with the Ed Hardy brand led to my attempt & surprising success in hand drawing classic tat designs of my own. Of course all this really led to was a pile of papers w/ random tat doodles & coloured pencils taking up a permanent residence on my living room table causing a luvly clutter for a few weeks until i moved on to something else, but i still don't own a $75 hat. poo.

but... i do have this hot little flask! (thanks mom for the flask u gave me for xmas, i luvs it!)


Meet Shia: Y'know luvs, i just saw Shia on Jimmy Kimmel live the other night & (my was he cute) he was talking about how he's a self proclaimed "internet geek". He talked about going onto imdb.com & checking the message boards on his profile & the pages of his movies. Naturally, this led me to go & look at what Shia had been reading about himself & i was tempted to leave a little note for him myself, but once i saw the frantic messages from millions of girls & also all the losers who have nothing better to do than to trash Shia, i didn't really want to put myself in the same arena. So how does a small town girl ever get to talk to her celeb crush? I guess the sad truth is, ya don't! If you write to them via fan mail, ur just another envelope that gets opened by some hired person who sends back a signed photo or some shit, if u write a mssg on a mssg board, chances are he won't see it & if he does, again, you're just another chick out there w/ a crush on a celebrity. ah well, maybe one day i'll be one of them, wish upon a star for some damn motivation & go thru some 12 step program for procrastinators & make it big! haha, y'know, me & all of those millions of other aspiring stars. :-P (wow, that's was awfully cynical!)

but serious, Shia, if you ever happen to read this, rock on babers! Indiana Jones was a riot. I dug the greaser look (even tho i myself prefer the "scruffy" model) & what can i say, like any red blooded american girl, i giggled like a school girl in a poodle skirt at the sight of those tough boy knife skills & ride'n that hog. mm, mm! luvvvvs it!

o, & umm, DUH, how fucking awesome does EAGLE EYE look?! too stoked for that one... it's gunna be a good year i'm think'n.

ps- maybe i'll see u at the NJ Jack Johnson 'cert :o)


-y'all, there's a really kool opportunity being made available to Jack Johnson fans. By signing up at JackJohnsonMusic.com you can apply to volunteer to work at the concerts on the summer tour. I myself jumped at the chance & applied right away for the New Jersey concert & have my fingers crossed that i'll get a spot. So, anyone luv'n Jack as much as me that wants to do some wicked chill volunteer work & get to rock out at a j.johnson 'cert FOR FREE, sign up bitches, see ya there! Thanks Jack for the awesome idea!


---got a little sidetracked once again on the Shia front, didn't i? right, back to my "goals"... so..


Get a better job: O, wait, that sounds oddly like a REAL goal, sorry. :oP



Learn how to use the nunchucks that my buddy matt got for me: got bit by the "Domino" bug & completely got stuck on the idea i was going to be a rockstar on the nunchucks, but to be honest, they kinda scare me & i have no idea what i'm doing!!! Do they make "Nunchucks for dummies"? Ok, so maybe i'll never be as good as Domino Harvey (or Keira Knightly..) but i can give it a shot! It'd still be pretty sick to be able to twirl that shit around & catch it behind my back & under my arms & at least ACT liek a crazy bitch! hahah I'll keep 'em in my caar & keep away all the creepers!

Build up my portfolio: My "not-too-bad-but-semi-amature" portfolio needs a little work if i even want to THINK about applying for art school, so there's that goal. That's actually not that silly, that's pretty legit & should be a blasty blast.

Write more songs: yes sportsfans, u heard me. how cliche, right? But it's true, & lately i've been listening to a bunch of old Beatles beats & god i'd luv to be able to write shit that inspiring. Little blonde chick from ct the next tripped out mystical lyricist... keep ur ears peeled!!!

My last & final goal (for now) - other than

• buy a new wallet (time to cash in the tired ol' hello kitty faux grown up wallet for a big girl wallet!)
• buy a camo t-shirt (my old one's no good... too small & looks dumb)
• lose that weight i've been talking about losing for months...
• learn everything there is to learn about bartending (& y'know, get a bartending JOB)
• have a hot luv affair - it's summer, time for some heat! (Shia?)
  
• sell my dreamcatcher & prints (cough cough on sale at twitterpatedpretty.etsy.com cough - buy something, help me w/ some of my more financial goals

anyway, my LAST & FINAL goal...

LEARN HOW TO GO TO SLEEP EARLIER!!! I can't be an insomniac anymore! Not if i wanna grow up!

o, right, before i forget... who watches greek? i totally do (shock!) did ANYONE catch the wicked clever Ferris Bueller reference? So Alan Ruck plays Dean Bowman, but everyone met & fell in luv w/ the 80's cutie pie as the neurotic but silly bestie Cameron Frye in Ferris Bueller's Day off... yadda yadda yadda... So as Dean Bowman gets into his hot RED CONVERTIBLE, he says, very plainly to his date "just one minute SLOAN".. haha luvd it.


Well babers, thanks for reading my inner most thoughts (ha) luvs u all!

luuuuuuuvs it*