She is the queen who danced while the people starved; who spent extravagantly on clothes and jewels without a thought for her subjects’ plight. Such is the distorted but widespread view of Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France (1755-1793), wife of King Louis XVI. The recent Coppola film has further damaged the image of the much-maligned, beautiful and charming Austrian archduchess, sent to France at age fourteen to marry the fifteen-year-old Dauphin. Sadly, the picture many people now have of Marie-Antoinette is of her running through Versailles with a glass of champagne in her hand, eating bonbons all day long, and rolling in the bushes with a lover…

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ART & DESIGN

• ilovetypography.com
• smashingmagazine.com
• typeneu.com
• veerle.duoh.com
• xanga.com/junshien – I’ve been reading Junshien’s Xanga since early highschool and have been a LONG TIME fan of his. He’s super talented and he’s going to be my wedding photographer.

BEAUTY & FASHION

• denimblog.com – Can’t live without my denim.
• fashiontoast.com – My absolute favorite fashion blog.
• lilylovesmac.blogspot.com – my favorite beauty blogs are on the Blogspot community.
• thesartorialist. com
• thestylespy.com – I’ve been reading The Style Spy since it was on Xanga plus it started locally.
• nessasarymakeup.com

PERSONAL

• conartistry.com
• ditz-revolution.net
• xanga.com/angy4881 – Angy’s the baddest bitch on the block! I’ve been following her Xanga for years now and I’ve always admired her confidence and independence— and not to mention she’s one hot Asian!
• xanga.com/CaKaLusa – Back in the old Xanga days, Chris (along with Jonas) were two of my favorite Xangians because they’re blogs are just fking hilarious!
• xanga.com/JonasApproved – Read above.*

RANDOM

• bjmagazine.blogspot.com
• hellokittyhell.com
• postsecret.com

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What your sleeping position says about you …

Foetus
Those who curl up in the foetus position are described as tough on the outside but sensitive at heart. They may be shy when they first meet somebody, but soon relax. This is the most common sleeping position, adopted by 41% of the 1,000 people who took part in the survey. More than twice as many women as men tend to adopt this position.

Log
Lying on your side with both arms down by your side. These sleepers are easy going, social people who like being part of the in-crowd, and who are trusting of strangers. However, they may be gullible.

Yearner
People who sleep on their side with both arms out in front are said to have an open nature, but can be suspicious, cynical. They are slow to make up their minds, but once they have taken a decision, they are unlikely ever to change it.

Soldier
Lying on your back with both arms pinned to your sides. People who sleep in this position are generally quiet and reserved. They don’t like a fuss, but set themselves and others high standards.

Freefall
Lying on your front with your hands around the pillow, and your head turned to one side. Often gregarious and brash people, but can be nervy and thin-skinned underneath, and don’t like criticism, or extreme situations.

Starfish
Lying on your back with both arms up around the pillow. These sleepers make good friends because they are always ready to listen to others, and offer help when needed. They generally don’t like to be the centre of attention.

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Flickr Pool: Exploring the Lost “Art” of the Film Poster

Seeing Double: Twins or mirror?

Major Redesign: The New Milk Jug for a Green Earth

Shit Happens: Dog Poo Bags

An artist to watch: Melissa Haslam

Treasure Hunt: The Little People

Amazing portfolio: Mario Belem

Designer Coke: Seductive, feminine— Cavalli style.

It’s all about fashion: Lucy Liu in Fashion Olympics for Harper’s Bazaar

Love: Terre Peck Sandal now going for $182

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Anyway, Oregon trip plans are good (for now, just waiting for something to mess up a day of two before we leave) after a week of wanting to kill myself.

Boyfriend is going to Vegas with his friends in September but I decided not to go because it’s one month before my 21st birthday and I don’t want to take any time off work. I told him he can do WHATEVER HE WANTS there (gamble, go to strip clubs/clubbing, look at girls, etc.) as long as there is no touching of other girls (and guys) involved… and maybe not eat as much since I hear he’s training himself for the buffets (he is the king of buffets) which is totally gross. Lol. But anyway I’m encouraging him to have fun and forget about me that week because when he comes home, he’ll have to face my constant nagging and mood swings for the rest of his life (and because I have 120% trust in him). ♥ God help him. Plus I don’t want him to be like certain guys who are obliged to be with their naggy girlfriends 24/7. Hah.

Speaking of Vegas, I never really understood the hype about it and why EVERYONE wants to go when they turn 21. I considered it for fun but never seriously; I’d rather waste my money on a trip where I can mingle with a wealth of cultural and historical experiences. Vacation spots like Hawaii, the Caribbean, Florida, etc. sparks like a 10% interest in me; it’s not like I won’t go but I’d rather go visit places like Egypt, Rome, North Korea, Afghanistan and/or anywhere in the Middle East, etc. because they either have a rich history that fascinates me or because the place touches me with the current events happening there.

Where would you guys like to go on vacation?

Since we’re on the topic of vacations, I’m so excited for our plans to Asia next year! I think we are going to leave either in late January or on Christmas Day with his family to Vietnam and stay there for a week of two and then hopefully go to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Taipei, Seoul, Phnom Penh, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Bali, Singapore, Phuket and a bunch of other places but I doubt we would have enough time. Boyfriend wants to stay a couple days in each so we don’t get sick of it and would still have stuff to see when we go to Asia again which totally makes sense (and is something that I would’ve never though of). I’m the most excited about Phnom Penh (Angkor Wat is one of my top places to see which is about 5 hours away), Vietnam (I just discovered this awesome designer in Saigon) and Seoul (home of the Korean dramas and plastic surgery!). I told Boyfriend I’m gonna get my eyelids done in Korea and that he couldn’t do anything to stop me and he believed me (I think), but are you kidding me? I don’t want to recover during my vacation.

Next year, hopefully I can convince Boyfriend to visit Africa with me if he decides not to go to Europe. For me, Europe can wait another 5 years but Africa needs to come now!! We chose Asia this year because Boyfriend wanted to go see his grandpa in Vietnam. Aww.

Smashing Magazine has an amazing post on beautiful and feminine illustrations. I love looking at girly illustrations and art work! Here are my favorites:

Other random art:

Nasty thought of the day:

Would you wear these contact lens attachments?

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50 Designers’ Current Favorite Typefaces; found this on Johno’s blog (ilovetypography.com). The book is limited edition because they were printed for free so unfortunately they are out of stock. But according to James from createreject.com, if you are anywhere near London right now, there are still some copies in Koenig Books in Charing Cross Road and Artwords in Shoreditch. Proceeds of the book sales go to Unicef.

Pantone Expresso Cups; although I quit drinking coffee a year ago (it was a very long and hard withdrawal), maybe I should start again just so I can buy these Pantone cups and drink in style and pretend that I’m a better designer than I actually am. Actually, screw that I’m going to stick with my Chinese herbal teas but I’ll be drinking them out of pantone cups.

Romain Laurent; some very very cool photo manipulations by a very talented designer.

Cable Box (by Blue Lounge); if you know me and have seen my desk at work or at home, you’ll know I need one of these… BAD.

Lovemomiji.com’s Collection; for the lovers of all things CUTE, check out their collection and their shop! *ahem Richelle.

Sonya Gladiator Sandal by Dolce Vita; we all know we love gladiator sandals and can’t get enough of them! So totally sexy. Yummy.

Jean-Michel Cazabat Twister Sandals in Gold; and you thought Gladiator sandals were hot? Check out these snake themed sandals; very very sexy and Cleopatra-like. I like. I like. Now I hope someone gets them for me

Hautelook.com is having a Vix sale. Very very cute bikini’s— perfect for this perfect weather we’ve been having. Unfortunately I’ll be saying no to this until I get back to my “regular” weight. Damn office job, and gourmet cafeteria (and free gym access that I rarely take advantage of)!!

You Suck at Photoshop

I hate everything about the actual webpage itself (the colors, clutter, etc.) but the videos are well-worth watching if you want to learn Photoshop and get a good laugh. Have fun!

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Welcome to Fashionation, an alternative fashion universe where fashionistas, photographers and creatives can get their weekly fix of the best fashion editorial from around world. Never before has the world’s best fashion editorials/photography converged in one great central hub. Each day we scan the globe’s top fashion magazines – from every international edition of influential glossy bibles Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, right through to obscure and cutting edge fashion and pop culture tomes such as Pop, Marmalade, ID and Dutch to unearth the most creative and inspiring work happening in the world right now. From Moscow to the Netherlands, Bejing to Melbourne, New York to London and Milan, Fashionation is searching the globe to deliver inspiration direct to your desktop.

www.fashion-ation.net

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Here’s a link the another Youtube video without the text on the bottom (because EMB was disabled). The quality isn’t that great, but you can find a better (but smaller) version on her myspace page.

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This sucks because it looks like it’s going to be rainy/cloudy all weekend in Tofino (again)!! The guys can go surfing in the rain but I doubt N and I want to sit around the beach nor do we want to go kayaking and get our hair wet (as ironic as it sounds). But we’re going to bring a PS3 and Rockband and lots of Gray Goose and beer with us just in case we’re stuck inside.

We got Backstreet Boys tickets to the 09/04 concert at GM Place!!! Woot! I actually bought 2 pairs of tickets (floor and section right beside stage) and will have another pair soon so I’ll be selling two sets when time gets closer.

Like I said on my last post, everyone say hi to one of my best friends, Rina. She’s new to the web blogging scene (kinda) and she’s a shopaholic. It’s funny because while setting up her blog, I was telling her how reliable my server is BUT it decides to fail me right afterwards. It’s been so slow the last 2 days and was even down for most part of the day yesterday. What a great way to start someone off huh? Hah.

Since I’ve been living and breathing design the past couple of months, my life has been uninteresting to the general public so I’ll leave you with a bunch of interesting headlines:

• Human Foot Found on BC Coast
• Rogers Canada to Offer $30 Unlimited Data Plans for iPhones (rumor)

…Um okay I tried… looks like there is nothing interesting in the news today either. I’ll leave you with some images Vincent Callebaut’s Lilypad Concept:

The Swiffer Duster

[Yes I stole that right off the website.] Call me my mom but I love this shit (plus my mom bought it for me). All the furniture in my room is black and I leave my window open year-round so when the dust settles, you can see it every-freaking-where and I HATE dust and almost-all-things-dirty (except for dirty jokes) so dusting my room gives me an eerie sense of satisfaction that sex can never give. Don’t tell Boyfriend that because that is kinda creepy. I think.

Crest White Strips

These are way overpriced in Canada, but elsewhere, they are not so it’s quite a nifty little investment for poor people like me who can’t get their teeth whitened professionally. A couple months ago, a very good friend of mine kept on ranting about it and flashing her extremely white teeth in my face and I got jealous so I finally jumped on the bandwagon. I’m on a secret mission to get my teeth abnormally whiter than hers but she doesn’t know it yet. She lives two provinces over too so next time I’m going to give her something to look at when she looks out the window of the plane. Heh-heh-heh. It’ll be a while, but I’m getting there. _{(Lucky, you better watch out)}

Keyboard Shortcuts

I can’t say much about this but it makes life so much easier and faster. ALT+CTRL+Z. CTRL+SHIFT+S. Oooooh. ALT+C. ALT+V. CTRL+ALT+DEL. Ahhhhh. ALT+SHIFT+CTRL+S. CTRL+F8. D. X. V. T. A. SHIFT + C. Orgasmic. Now more time to do things like dust my room with my Crest White Strips on. I’ll give you a cookie if you can guess what programs those short cuts are for and what they do.

Other things: books, jeans, money, credit cards, food… the usual boring stuff everyone loves as well. I bet no one thought of the Swiffer Duster… but then that is pretty lame. Shut up.

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CHINA’S FIRST CARBON NEUTRAL HOTEL

In May 2007, URBN Hotels entered into an agreement with Climate Bridge, an international intermediary offering bespoke solutions for companies and industries to reduce and offset greenhouse gas emissions. The total amount of energy the hotel consumes, including staff commutes, food and beverage delivery, and the energy used by each guest, will be tracked to calculate the carbon footprint. URBN will then purchase credits to neutralize its footprint by investing in green energy development and emission reduction projects in China. Hotel guests can also choose to purchase carbon credits from the program to offset their flights. All credits are verified and approved by the United Nations. This voluntary action by URBN Hotels is significant considering China is the fastest growing emitter of greenhouse gases and is central to the success or failure of the global response to climate change.

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Most of you probably have heard of FreeRice.com but if you haven’t, check it out! You get to expand your vocabulary AND help end world hunger. For each vocabulary question you answer correctly, 20 grains of rice will be donated by the sponsors to help people living in poverty. Pretty smart and creative, huh?

Check out this article: How Top Bloggers Earn Money

I’m glad overheardinnewyork.com made the list. I love that blog!

What about perezhilton.com? I still prefer Pink more. But $111,000 a month?! Damn. You have to give him credit.

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Perfect for tracing logos and small graphics for work or for a project.
(This is even better than Illustrator’s live trace function.)

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Orisinal: cute mini-games + my favorite.

Grid Lock: the perfect time-waster

Word Snaps: we went through a crazy addiction with this game a couple years ago.

Addicting Games: if you’ve never head of AG, where have you been?!

Hapland 1: ahh good times.

Hapland 2: and more of it.

Virtual Villagers 1: real time game although it requires a bit of patience.

Virtual Villagers 2: part two: the other side of the cave… dun dun dun.

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