I think I might consign my skinnies & straight-leg jeans to the back of the wardrobe for a while, while I continue to re-discover my love affair with wide-leg & flared jeans. Why, oh why did I stop wearing them?! But it's not like I'm going to stop wearing skinnies ever, but methinks it's time to give my legs some breathing space. : ) Plus, with my jeans at midrise (I don't think I'll be wearing high-waisted jeans ever!), I can wear waist-length tops without worrying about flashing too much!
p.s.: Sportsgirl's sales are love. <3
J and I were driving from breakfast to a small nature park on Kiawah island in South Carolina last week. We were almost to the gate when we realized we didn't have sunscreen, binoculars or anything else.
We turned the car around to head back to the hotel, when we drove by this great egret just hanging around a bridge. We were able to observe him amazingly close from our car window. J took these photos of him.
Great egrets are large herons found all over the world. Hunters in the late 1800s and early 1900s killed off 95 percent of the population in North America to use their feathers for clothing. Great egrets were almost extinct when two elderly women decided they wanted to protect the species, but women were not allowed to vote at the time. So they enlisted the help of a politician, who formed an organization with them and made it illegal to hunt these birds.Their population recovered nicely.This organization is now known as the Audubon Society.
The oldest great egret on record was 23 years old. These birds are not endangered, but are highly vulnerable to loss of their wetland habitat.
Gimme a V! Gimme an O! Gimme an X! What's that spell? VOX!
What better way to tell the world how much you love Vox than to announce it on Facebook? That's right: Vox now has an official Facebook page! Become a fan of Vox.com on Facebook and let your friends know what you really care about: staying connected with friends and family through blog posts, photos, videos and comments.
Once you're a fan, you can also add photos and videos to the page, write on the wall, and connect with other Voxers in ways you may not have previously. Plus, it's a great opportunity to let people know about your Vox blog, or start discussion topics. To become a fan, just visit the official Vox.com Facebook page and click the "Become a Fan" button in the upper right hand corner.
Once you've joined, why not post a response to the current discussion topic? Just post a link (and a brief description, if you'd like) to what you consider one of your all-time best Vox posts.
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I love chain stores. Ethics aside, I just love the idea of being able to pick something up for less than AUD50 (generally), and most of them last quite a while. Granted, most things are worn at most 5-6 times a year (something I'm conscious about, and am feeling guilty about!), so they don't really fall to pieces. Plus, chain stores here are just awesome, especially for basics. I do go through chain store "phases", i.e., I usually head to one chain store and spend, spend, spend! Usually I frequent these stores on a regular basis:
- Sportsgirl, for light knitwear, racerback tanks and bags (90% of my bags are from Sportsgirl)
- Valleygirl, for the prettiest printed tops and skirts
- Cotton On, for everyday basics (but Bonds is good too; have been wearing my black Bonds tank for work almost 3 times a week- of which I have a few)
- Jeanswest, for jeans (I love their Spoylt range!)
- Bardot, for the loveliest silk dresses
: )
For one week only (July 17th-July 25th 2008), the Myer windows on Bourke St, Melbourne, will feature specially themed windows by Chanel, Viktor&Rolf, Vera Wang, Christian Dior, YSL and Thierry Mugler that captures the magic of each brand's iconic fragrance. More here.
And my shoes have arrived! : ) : ) : ) : )
How do you choose your Vox neighbors and friends?
Submitted by gcgal.
I'm guessing that most people think of Vox as a community. I think of it as a gated community. I try to avoid idealizing my online neighbors, but if I were stranded on a large, deserted island with coconut flavored drinks and gorgeous dancing men in palm husks, I'd want my Voxters with me.
This summer semester, I had two classes filled with students from Resource Management. We had a soils class together - we spent long days hiking, digging really deep soil pits in boiling hot weather and sharing a picnic lunch afterwards.
We discussed things like how to repair turtle shells, what personalities we work best with and how to balance being an artist with being a biologist. I love hanging out with these people and I think it will affect my job choice after I graduate. So I now have a local gang as well as an online gang - I've made some good choices!
I try to avoid adding Voxters who show hostility or excessive porn and obscenities. Truly, I'm not a prude but I can find all those things with a quick internet search, in Boston or right in my home town, thank you very much. The most common reason I boot someone out is when I feel like I'm a burden on them - they seem to reciprocate comments infrequently, and the comments seem forced and too polite. Yes, I'm very sensitive but I beleive I have a sixth sense for disinterest, and I don't ever want people to keep me in their neighborhood out of sheer politeness.
Adding new neighbors is tricky - the best thing I can do is spend several months testing the waters with a fellow Voxter, and see if the chemistry is there. Vox is a sanctuary to me and unlike work or school, I get to exclusively choose who is in my community here. As you can tell by my neon goofy colorblast cheeriness, I like to keep things light.
*UPDATE: Okay, it's not really an update. But rereading this post, I realize it sounds kind of snotty. I'm hardly a brilliant wordsmith. Seriously, I only want 2 things from new neighbors
1. To be a nice person
2. To like me and visit me once in a while. Of course being Vox, it's hard to figure out if someone has disappeared or has lost interest in my blog. Sometimes I assume the latter too quickly. If you're still reading, but you're a lurker, please just let me know!!
A while ago I posted about preparation for the 2012 Olympics in London, where feral cats were being crushed to death by demolition activities. Thank you for your responses, and to those who signed the petition. Here's a reward for all of you.
The Celia Hammond Animal Trust worked day and night, and BBC now reports that the last feral cat has been rescued from the site. Many ferals were killed, but thanks to this organization, as many ferals that could be saved, were. Note: check out the BBC story, and take a gander at Blackjack. Isn't he cute?
I'm still going to boycott the 2012 Olympics and their sponsors. And keep in mind, contrary to reports, the Olympic committee did not cooperate with the feral cat rescuers. I will find out who the sponsors are and notify those interested, in a future post. This will be in protest of the disregard for the life shown to the ferals who were crushed to death. What were they thinking?
What's the closest thing you have to a time machine?
Submitted by Verisimilitude.
I loved this question, V! I wonder if I'm the only one who feels transported back in time by this book,to a former life when I may have been an archaeologist.
This book takes place in alternating centuries, the 1100s and the 1990s. Imagine exploring a cave in the Pyranees mountains of France, and finding silver rings and altars, with the symbol of a labyrinth carved inside.
The intrepid Alice makes me want to buy a plane ticket to Madagascar and dig for buried treasure from ancient times. It makes me crave red wine from distant lands too, for some reason. ;)
Great summer reading here, by the way!
But am soooo under-dressed for today's rainy, windy, gloomy weather. *shrugs*
- new digital camera; probably about 8 megapixels and less than $AUD300
- Christian Dior Midnight Poison perfume
- new LG phone; the one with the 5 megapixel camera
- bits & pieces from Diva
: ) That's all!
: ) And my GoJane shoes are sitting pretty at a post office waiting to be collected this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
: )
