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.

A Mighty Revamping!

So it has been a long while since my last post.  I was fully intending to completely stop blogging as I had simply lost interest.

I am not feeling an urge to post again so rather than start a whole New blog I have decided I will instead revamp this one!

This will include a change of name, a whole new look, and a slight change in the theme of my posts.

I will not be deleting any of my old posts as they are the roots of this blog as well as holding some treasured memories.  My thoughts and feelings while writing these posts have all worked to make me the person I am today and I think will help keep a record of how I have grown and evolved as a person.

Some posts you can look forward to in the near future are an update on my life between ny last post and now, some tunes that are a current fav of mine, current reading lists and so on!

I am excited to hear from the few of you that may still be lurking around from before, so don't be afraid to leave comments or even suggestions on posts you would like to see!

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.

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 :)

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 -.-

DIY Bat Coasters, Still in Progress

hello fellow bloggers, I just wanted to update you on what I've been up to which really isn't much.  I went to my parents cottage and wanted to take pictures of the pretty trilliums that were growing along the road but unfortunately it did not stop raining the entire time I was there.  Hopefully next time I will get some pictures though :)

I did however find my old plastic canvas that I used to do crafts with as a kid and naturally it made me want to start up again.  I have been looking for a hobby to do to keep me from being bored out of my mind lately so this is perfect!  I even started making some bat coasters.  I only had two colors of yarn so only the bat shapes are filled in but I will hopefully be getting some more yarn tomorrow, which means I will have lots of colorful bats to protect my tables!  Hopefully i will find black yarn to fill the backgrounds with.

so far I have a yellow bat and a red bat, I hope to be adding purple, green, blue , and pink into the collection.

New Years.

It seems I have not followed up on any of the stuff I said I was gonna post about.  I seem to be doing that a lot lately.  I am in a weird point right now trying to figure out what I want to do with my life and how I want to go about doing it.  Last year my new years resolution was a bit crazy and I did not finish.  This year I want to make more realistic goals and make several of them.  I will make a list and hopefully once a month make a post with things crossed off the list.

• Go through my wardrobe and get rid of anything that does not fit or I do not wear anymore.
• Get out of my current fashion rut of jeans and t-shirts.
• Learn to sew and make my own clothing.
• Start DIYing again.
• Start making more time for my friends and not just for school.
• Start putting money aside in my savings account.
• Get a job.
• update blogger at least once a week, even if it is just to say hi.