why is Twitter so addictive?

Seriously, why? Facebook is bad, and I never got too into Twitter for the first 2 years I was on it. But recently I added a bunch of news feeds and now it's like Twitter mayhem. There's ALWAYS something interested to read on there. Something noteworthy is posted every minute or two. Someone help!

Spring Fashion

I love spring...it's my favourite fashion season. Fall has nice wools and subdued colours, but while the greys suit me some of the browns and rusts do not. I also have to bundle up more than I'd like to. Winter I always feel like I have to layer to the point of looking like I'm wearing a puff suit. Summer is wonderful and I like heat, but it's hard to be fashionable when it's 38*C outside; you pretty much just want to wear a silk or cotton sundress and absolutely nothing else. Spring is a nice happy medium though. It's warmer than fall and you can wear a little more than summer. There are all sorts of cute, light jackets you can pair with things and you can choose a skirt or pants. Also, I like the colours for me a lot better...I really look best in pinks, blues and summer whites!
Summer is by far my favourite season. When it comes to weather, the hotter the better (at least for me). But Spring fashion beats Summer clothing!

Other than loving the weather, I've been pretty busy. My exams are in less than a month....eep!

The Crystal Ship

I'm often torn about the Doors. Sometimes, I really enjoy their music. I think Ray Manzarek is a really talented piano/keyboard and John Densmore and Robby Krieger (drummer and guitarist) weren't half bad either (all three were previously jazz musicians). When he wasn't wasted, Jim Morrison was a decent singer. I guess I'm torn because I don't find their lyrics all as brilliant as I did when I was 18...a lot of them don't make any sense. I love The End but I hate the talking interlude in the middle. And for the love of god, if you ever see any recordings of Morrison, sometimes he's so wasted and it's pretty sad. I had the sheer luck of finding a record in a dollar bin in Canada of Jimi Hendrix, guest starring Jim Morrison at a live jam gig in the late 60's. In a way it's an interesting piece of history, but it's also totally unlistenable. Both were so incredibly wasted that I'm amazed either managed to hold a guitar/microphone. Words are slurred beyond comprehension, notes became random. It's actually really sad, because both did have talent but their respective addictions really often got in the way of them actually utilizing that talent and eventually ended their lives.

Anyway, the reason I made this post is because I really, really love this song. I kind of feel that it's a hint of a band the Doors could have been all the time, if they weren't trying cater to 60's pop (I just don't think they were a pop band) and Morrison's alcoholism. I've tried to cover it, and failed. Badly. It's an amazingly hard song to sing.

Like Oxygen

This is going to be a cheesy post...you've been warned!

I've ben in a funk the past couple of days, but I felt a LOT better after I sang for a while. I'm starting to wonder if I don't just enjoy singing but if I actually need it. In the past few years I haven't really thought I'm talented enough to do much with it, but I guess that doesn't mean that it's not something I don't really need to have in my life.

PS my favourite song to sing right now:

Japan

I know this is a bit belated, but I often have a few page views from Japan coming up in my stats. I'm not sure if they just come up through Google Image or Video searches (because of some of the content I have on here), but if you're reading this, I hope everyone you know is doing ok :)

Guitar String Bangles

I've always thought there was -something- that could be done with used guitar strings. At first I thought wire jewelry, but they don't stay bent that easily. I figured it out though...fabric-covered bangle bracelets! You can use wire for these as well, but I like the guitar strings because they keep their shape easier.

The tutorial:

You need one thicker guitar string (E, A, D....G will work but it's kind of cutting it close), some electrical tape, wire cutters, scissors and some fabric (a light silk or cotton or something like that works best):


First, trim the ends off the strings:


Second, wrap into a circular shape...make sure it's even, and trim the ends when you're done. Also, make sure your circle will actually fit over your hands!


Use the electrical tape to hold the string together...I found that it wasn't so lumpy when I taped all around the strings, and it was easier to work with and made a slightly thicker bangle:






Next, cut your fabric into a long strip, and start winding it around the bangle:




Lastly, tie in a knot, and trim the end off (leave a bit of a "tail" otherwise it will come undone!)


Tada!

Spring is here!

Since I'm done being emo, I thought I'd share some springtime cheer. I love it when I can really see my garden start!

Lettuce and spinach


Tomatoes (sprouted), eggplant and bell peppers:


Zucchini (sprouted), various hot peppers:


Apple blossoms coming!


Tulips:


Strawberries


The strawberries were kept inside over the winter with the fruit bushes (which is why the apple blossoms are already coming out as well), but I had a few that stayed outside, that are trying to revive themselves as well.