Friends of the Non-Human Variety

 So I really don't have a huge article or anything to write. This is literally just a photo dump of me with furry friends, and one slithery friend.

The photo above is me with my brothers old rat, Pete. He was a complete sweetheart and loved to travel around on people's shoulders.

This photo is of me playfully biting the ear of Pippin the bunny. Pippin was in need of a home and I agreed to take him while we found him a permanent home. He had a bit of an attitude but he liked sitting on my shoulder even when he stopped being able to fit. He also loved watching movies with me and would always come hop up on my lap whenever I was watching TV.

This one wasn't actually a pet of any kind. I was helping my friend who was a film student with a short film and happened to find this little guy. He seemed rather happy to be held, it was a chilly day so he was likely just happy for the heat source. Almost everybody else was mildly afraid of him despite him being so tiny and completely non-venomous.

And last but not least, we have Nebula. This was taken not long after I first adopted her in 2018. She is still with me and is currently sitting on my feet as I write this. She is one of the friendliest cats I've ever met, she will immediately go up to anyone that enters my home to beg for pets.

Story Time! Early 2014-2015

 So, as promised in my last post, I am going to share a bit of my life from the seven years since I was last active. I'm sure I have no viewers left but that is hardly going to stop me! This photo here was taken probably about a month into 2014.

I left school in December of 2013 due to personal reason, this was also the time in which I abandoned this blog. Anyway, I took a bit of time for self-reflection before finally feeling stable enough to enter the workforce. It was nothing fancy, simply working the front counter at a fast food restaurant.

It was a fast paced job which honestly didn't help my anxiety in any way imaginable. Still, I stuck with it before ultimately deciding that going back to school would be the best route for me. It might seem odd as I had just come back from school a few months prior but this time around I made the decision to stay in my hometown.

This was a great decision as it gave me a support group while attending school; something I hadn't had the first time around.    

At the advice of my mom, I decided to take hairstyling. I will admit that I didn't have any sort of grand moment where I discovered this was my life's calling. It was fun and I did enjoy it. There were others in the class that seemed to live for hairstyling and I envy them, to find something that you love and can profit from is something beautiful.

I did come to genuinely enjoy cutting hair, while I could really leave the colouring and updo's to the others. This posed a bit of a problem because it is a hard thing to find a place that will hire you for just doing haircuts. 

I didn't let this get me down though, I finished school with honours and in high regard with my instructors. I met some great people and I did ultimately find a job within a few weeks of graduating. The job I found ended up being at a men's salon. 

There would be the odd client that would colour their hair but it was far and few between. I did eventually come to love doing short haircuts. I don't mind working with longer hair but working with shorter more 'masculine' cuts was where I found I had real talent.

I will get more into my life after school in later posts. It has been over five years since I graduated from hair school so there is lots more to tell. Instead I will leave you with some photos taken from my time as a student!

The above is probably from somewhere within my last month of schooling and the one below was taken at some point while I was in class, clearly after I had just coloured my hair purple.

2020! Hell of a year!

 I know that this blog has died and found its way into a fiery pit in hell; but I am indeed still here. I've popped in a few times since this blog was last active, seven years ago, I do believe. Anywho, I was talking to a friend earlier and they mentioned that they sometimes wrote in a blog and it reminded me that this dinosaur of a blog still existed.

So, with the fresh reminder of my past as a blogger, I naturally did what any person would do. I found this badboy and decided to look through some of my rather embarrassing photo's of me as a teenager. Some would probably burn the proof of those awkward years, but I believe in maintaining a certain level of humility.

If you lose your ability to laugh at yourself then you lose your ability to love yourself. I also must admit that I really do miss many of the articles of clothing in these posts, almost all of them have found their way into a donation bin at this point. I also love going back through and looking at my old music recommendations.

I really did find myself listening to some great tunes back then. Some have stayed with me and others have faded away only to be found anew. I have discovered more great music and I have also grown much as a person in more than just music and fashion.

The years that I wrote in this blog were some of the lowest years of my life. This blog hit rock bottom at the same time I myself did. People say that when you hit the bottom that you can only go up from there. I have found this to be true, but I have also found that lifting yourself off the ground does not mean that you will not fall back down again.

I know I'm probably rambling and all, but taking a look at this blog which in many ways was sort of like a diary. I really did put a lot of myself into these posts. I used them to vent, to seek validation, and to connect with others.

When you are met with so many memories of the past I think you can't help but compare your life then to what it is now. I can say that I have had rough patches and good patches in life, but overall, I have become a much more confident person as I've grown.

I have learned more compassion than I ever thought possible, I learned that it isn't only others you need to show compassion to but also yourself. There are many other things I have learned growing up but I do fear that I have likely already made this post far longer than most people would care for reading so I will cut things off here.

I just moments ago saved many pictures of myself from 2014 up to present day and hope to make posts over the next few days sharing my life with anyone that stumbles across this blog.

I think it only fair that I start off with my most recent of photos. From there who knows what I'll do, maybe I will start from oldest to newest or maybe I will pick randomly and share bits and pieces of the wild ride I've been on since reaching adulthood.

So without further ado, I leave you with pictures from a little under a week ago. These were taken the same day that I cut and coloured my hair. 

So, this is me, now at 26. Rocking a completely DIY haircut and colour.

Deathhawk

I dont think any words are needed to explain how cool my hair is.

Adventures with Turqoise Hair

Hello, my lovely followers(and anyone else that might be lurking around).  So about two weeks ago i decided I needed a change from the pink hair and decided my next colour choice was going to be Atomic Turqoise from Manic Panic.

I bleached my roots before dying but did not bleach the faded pink dye out of my hair because I am trying to do minimal damage, especially after bleaching the black out of my hair within the last year.  This caused the hair to go a very vibrant teal at the roots and a sort of swampy green colour, that looked kinda seafoamish in bright lights.

This is a picture of it in darker lighting.  You can't see the roots but the rest is clearly not very vibrant.

This one is from the next day and the lights are brighter.  You can see that the roots are very vibrant, and although the rest looks better in this picture than the first it was still not the colour I wanted.

Because I was not very happy with the original dye job i decided to wait a week and try again.  This time I left the dye on 3 hours instead of 1 and also applied heat using my hair blower.  And finally I am happy with the results...

Very pretty colour and almost even toned.

I dyed it the second time last week.  I have only washed it once so far and I mixed dye with the shampoo.  So far the dye has not faded which is good.  Hopefully it will last atleast the three weeks that the pink would last before re-dyeing.

Anyway i am happy with the colour the second time around but would reccomend that anyone who tries this dye to leave it in a few hours and to apply heat.  Also it works much better on freshly bleached hair.

Happy Late Halloween!

Got some pictures for you guys from halloween.  I took much more than this but I was too lazy to post them all.

I had to wear stuff i already owned because I have no money.  I figured I looked kind of like a doll so that's what I told people i was.

Also i painted my friend blue!

Anyway I hope you all had a great and spooky Halloween!

Halloween Make Up

hello, it has been a while.  I never seem to know anything to post about.  I really am horrible at this blogging thing.  Iwas considering quiting all together and just keeping my tumblr, but this blog has helped me through some of my lowest points and i think I would feel as if something were missing if it was completely gone.

Anyway.  Halloween is approaching rather quickly so I have decided to share with you what my make up look will be for what is mine, and probably most of your, favourite holiday!

This is my first time trying out black lips and I must admit, I don't hate it on myself like I thought I would.

Still Kicking Around

Hey guys, its been a while since I have posted.  I haven't really had anything interesting going on in my life.
 ended up moving back to residence instead of living in an apartment aside from that I haven't been doing much.

Anyway, I have an outfit to show you plus a picture of some badges I made.

Red Hair!

I dyed my hair with kool-aid yesterday so here are some pictures...

It is actually a lot darker that it shows in these pictures.  My shitty webcam seems to show the colour the best although it still looks faded.

And because i couldn't resist being an idiot and taking a new skype photo.

Here is my gingerstache!

Bat Coasters!

So I finally got off my lazy behind and finished my bat coasters that I was working on here.  Personally I think they turned out quite well.  What do you guys think?

Weight-loss and Wigs

So a couple of weeks ago I invested in a wig.  This might seem a bit odd but I want to be able to do whatever I want with my hair without jeopardizing my chances of finding a job.  So here are some pictures of me wearing said wig.

 I think it is pretty cute but not really enough of my style to wear often when not looking for a job.

On another note I tried on a pair of shorts that a year ago were really tight on me and are actually pretty loose now!  It always makes me feel good when I can actually see a difference in my body.

A picture of me from last year wearing said shorts.  They were so tight that they actually became uncomfortable after a few hours.

I took a picture today of me wearing the exact same outfit and you can visibly see that the shorts are no longer skin tight!

I feel much better wearing them now.

Pic Spam- July 16-17/2013

Hey just I have some pictures from the last few days that I have decided to share because I love you guys.

Tuesday I went to my friends place to spend time with her.  She recently shaved her hair into a mohawk and she assisted me in reshaving my side cut.  but anyway here are a few pictures...

Me trying on her wig that she sometimes wears while she puts up her hair.

Her hair up and with a pretty bow in it :P

And I also took a few pictures yesterday.  No outfit shots just regular selfies.

For some reason i always take pictures when my head is freshly shaved.
I scratched out my face in the second picture because i didn't like the way my face looked.

And back to the shitty quality cell phone pictures...

Anyway, I am just going to spend my day sitting around truing to avoid the heat.  It has felt like it was over 40 degrees Celsius all week and I almost passed out while out yesterday, so today i am staying in.

Just Running Errands

Even when just running errands I like to get dressed up so even though that is all I am doing today(my friend I was supposed to hang out with had to work) I still have a cute outfit for you guys.

You have seen this skirt really recently but I love it so much it just had to make its way into another outfit!

I'm not usually comfortable showing my tummy but this top is really cute ^.^

Look at my Shitty Stitching!

Finished stitching up that shirt I showed you yesterday and decided to take a picture...

I'm not sure how well I like it.  I think it might look good layered.

Current DIY Project.

Hello fellow bloggers.  I do not have much of a post today because not much has really happened.  But that will change.  I am supposed to be spending time with my friend tomorrow, and also getting her to reshave my side cut.  Then Monday and Tuesday my other friend has time off work so I will be spending time with.  And I also have hang out dates to make later in the week with another friend!

So basically this just means that I will not be bored out of my skull, and because I won't be sitting on my ass all day you will probably get some outfit pictures!

Anyway, the purpose of this post was to show you my current DIY project.  A tank top with patches.

The Maid in USA patch is the print from an old t-shirt that doesn't fit right anymore.  The other three are all hand painted(I'm sure you could already tell because of my crappy art skills).  The first one is a Tibetan Tulpa symbol, those of you who watch Supernatural will probably recognize it.  The second is really bad and will probably get touched up later, but it is supposed to be a Bad Religion patch.  And the 3rd is obviously a 13th Chime patch.  If you have not heard 13th Chime you should look them up on youtube!

Misfits!

So I found out today that I might get to see Misfits in October.  I am super excited as they are one of my favourite bands(Although I kinda wish I could step back in time and see them with Danzig).  Best part is that I was informed of this upcoming concert while wearing my Misfits shirt.  Now I can officially tell people that this shirt can summon band members :P

Any way here is a picture of me wearing my shirt.

I don't know why but when I was walking to the grocery store these two girls started staring at me and went very silent as if they thought I was going to rip out their hearts and use them as a blood sacrifice to summon Satan.  This wasn't even a very extreme outfit!  But Whatever.

This outfit makes me feel skinny!

Hello followers and welcome back to my blog.  It is currently a beautiful Monday morning here in Toronto.

I am really happy today and I feel good about my outfit so here are some pictures.

Hey look I'm posing instead of standing awkwardly!

Don't I look skinny in this full length shot!  I love the belt I'm wearing for this effect.

My eyelashes look long...

I can never decide if i like the way I look better with or without glasses.

I also have a single photo of the dress I wore a few days ago.

When I took this the thought of zooming my camera had not occured yet.

Moving on in!

So on Tuesday I moved to Toronto.  I have finally finished putting all of my posters up so I thought I would take some pictures and show you my new space!

Yes i watch Duck Dynasty.  I attempted to goth up my Si poster a bit by put plastic skeletons and some Alchemy Gothic pictures beside it.

Ignore the glare and the fact that my room is already starting to get messy.

Another one of my walls and my horribly messy desk.

And probably my favourite place to be, my bed.

Well that all i have to post for today.  Maybe I will take a picture of the pretty dress I am wearing today, but for now I am going to relax and eat some food before going to visit a friend :)

Packing Up My Belongings.

Next Tuesday I will be moving to Toronto so I am currently packing up all my stuff.  While going through one of my drawers I found this little necklace that I used to call my voodoo necklace.  I got it at a yard sale about 4 years ago for 5 cents!

The lady that was selling him had found it in her house and thought it was creepy, I found it cute so I decided to take him home :P

Just Another Outfit Post and Random Life Update.

Hello guys, its been a little while but some of you may have noticed I haven't been completely gone, I have been sneaking around commenting on posts and reading even more!  I have not posted anything myself because everytime I get dressed up I am usually rushed and don't have time to take photos and by the time I get back home all I wanna do is curl up in my pajamas.

For those of you that may be interested in what I've been up to here is a bit of an update.

First off I am in the middle of moving, I am moving back to Toronto come July.  So I have been a bit busy packing stuff up and spending time with a few of my friends before I leave.  I also need to do a bunch of training and medical tests to get into my program.  I am trying to get this all done before moving but I'm not sure that will be able to happen.

Today I actually have some time to spare in between going out and getting dressed so I took some pictures of my outfit and also my face because I didn't feel like I looked like a troll for once :P

My lighting in my room is so shit that I have to put my camera on a timer and sit on my bed to get outfit shots :P

Awkwardly standing.

Ignore the dust on the mirror and that I have my flash on and just look at my pretty skirt and boots.

Oh how I love my face without glasses 

And my face with glasses because I am blind without them, and am easily irritated by contacts. 

Oh and yes my hair has been gradually getting lighter.  I have finally gotten it to a decent color I can be happy with.  I am never dying my hair black again -.-