Shuffle

Since I have my third exam TOMORROW this will be quick. While I study and try to hold the tears of stress back, I have been avoiding my usual playlists and turning towards the shuffle option on the old ipod to keep things refreshing. So today I wrote down a couple of favs that came on that I kind of forgot  I love.

1) My rights versus yours- The New Pornographers {a fitting legal name- but no applicable at all}

2) Fear and convenience - Thao & the get down stay down

3) Fix you- Coldplay {see video below please- it sorta makes me cry}


So you think you can dance - Fix you - Robert & Allison


I also redecorated (aka rearranged) my bedroom on Sunday. I just moved my bed around and created a new 'bag display' with the help of Geronimo (and later diaz). The first picture is courtesy of G-mo: the new way to amuse her is to try and make us put that bag on the wall. Hey! It's High and I'm short!

But then I made them potato pancakes for dinner with pesto spaghetti and then stayed up late talking like we were 13. Good thing we have exams...

Okay more for you tomorrow- stay tuned xo cmac

Sunday Seven

1. What I want my I-have-studied-all-week hair to look like- here.

2. What I want to look like in Spain:

(from Honestly WTF of course)

3. One of the many book shelf pictures I have been accumulating for my summer project plans:

(from because im addicted- a new blog I've hunted down)

4. How I would like my hair cut to really look: here. But don't freak out- I would never try to pull off that orangey-red- just love how her bangs kinda blend right into her hair. Oh and love the glasses she is wearing. 

5. Because Gossip Girl was the only season finale that didn't make me shake my fist in frustration:

(and cause I wish I hated Blake Lively more- from here)

6. My new scarf that I will surely be trying to make into a turban-esque head wrap in no time: here. 

7. I think my orange-obsessed roommate is finally getting to me:

(from H&M- love it)

two more weeks until I am done. can't wait. 

xo cmac

Vogue's Summer Mix

Vogue said these were good. So I put them as my blog playlist. 
(and look to the right- you can now follow me on bloglovin!)
xoxo cmac

On Repeat

[I should be getting sick of these already- but I'm in a repetitious mood]

1) Everything Naked and Famous- especially spank, all of this, the sun and frayed

2)Love Dagger- Rimer London

3)Something to do with my hands- Her Space Holiday

4) On directing- Tegan And Sara
{I'm breaking my ban of them right now- so disappointed in the last cd}

5) Golden floor- Snow Patrol {I came across this on shuffle- kinda love it}

6) Over my head- Fleetwood Mac

7) Mexican mavis- Boy and Bear

8) Bloom- Radiohead

9&10)In the last 24 hours I have listen to these 100+ times I think...




p.s I wrote a song to help me memorize defamation...my coolness is under-rated.
xo cmac

Mooozac

Yay I found a playlist that will play on the bottom! So press play and listen to a little Maroon 5 love. I plan on switching the playlist up often so don't freak out if you hate this one (but we should probably discontinue our friendship...)
xo cmac

yearning for some DIY time

I can't help it. My brain has been trying so hard to be logical and studious for the last ...god I don't know..foreverrrr (only three more weeks of this damn exam period). So I have been finding myself longing to do something artsy and creative. I have big plans for the summer. I have found so many things I want to do/make/dream about. Whether any of it is realistic is a different story. 

Oh p.s look at the bottom of the screen- press play! a song! Hooray! Now I don't know how to make whole playlists for it yet- but I'm working on it. But back to my various dreams:

Since a good friend of mine put an old chest in her room, I have been set on finding a similar one to house all the various silly things I own/collect/hoard. But now I have a new obsession- vintage suitcases. 

I nearly bought a pale yellow one from a vintage store a couple months ago. 

Now I am kicking myself looking at Emily's great idea. 

Bedroom makeovers have also been on my brain. The above feels like something I would love to somehow incorporate into my leopard-mania of a room. I also love the bookshelf in the background on the right. I have decided (oh hey parents I hope this is cool) to organize the mass collection of books in our house. Naturally my room becomes a graveyard for anything and everything when I'm off at school. Which I only add to because I am what you may classify as a 'pack rat'- i.e. I keep everything. Pictures of high school boyfriends, birthday cards from everyone, and essentially all my notes from my undergrad. So basically what starts off as a disaster when I arrive only gets worse with my presence. 

BUT

I have vowed to myself to change that this year. I figure the jet-lag will get to me for the first few days I'm home- which will be used for removing anything I can. Then I will get to organizing. I have clothes that I am sure won't even fit my little cousin anymore. Okay there I go rambling.

The plan: organize my room.

Then: tackle the expanding 'library' of books that my family insists in keeping piled in my room. 

So since every blog I read talks about cool ways to organize bookshelves, I have many ideas. All of which actually will require me obtaining a shelf-like piece of furniture. But I will make this one work. 

This bedroom makes me want to dive right in. I kind of want to switch up my chocolate brown sheets I have here in the UK to cozy white ones. And I want that mirror. Okay pretty much I love the whole look. Comfortable but clean simple lines. 

Cupcakes and Cashmere again. Her clothing/shoes/hair/life make me eternally jealous. 

But just look at these damn shoes. They are from Zara. I want. Maybe in Spain??

Please please find me a way to have one of these. preferably by the pool. with white pillows. 

I might not leave. 

LOVE LOVE LOVE

I WILL make this project happen. Garage sales/vintage shops/VV better watch out- I am on the hunt. 

i just can't decide if I want to do the multi-coloured ones or just black...

I have also been perusing the DIY section of Honestly WTF and they are amazing. Wait have I told you that already- 700 times? Well I have plans to try at least 5 of these. Oh and my most exciting idea of all was sparked by The Man Repeller (have I talked about how I want to be her best friend yet? no- well I do) - her post. I actually went and purchased string today. It may not be my most ambitious project- but I am sooo making friendship bracelets. Oh when you ask? Well as I am memorizing 300 cases, I plan to knot string together into beautiful creations. Don't lie- you want one. Maybe if you become a follower of my blog, make a comment about why I am such a fab friend...I will consider it. But don't think this is some sort of giveaway. Who do you think I am?? Although I have contemplated the idea of spelling out case names in the design- I could sell those babies to all the first year kids and make big money. Too ambitious?

Okay so here's the deal. I have some grandiose plans for my summer. Projects. Eat like a fake vegetarian 6/7 days a week. Do hot yoga 3-4 times a week. Read a gazillion books. Go against my sun-repellant skin and get a golden tan. Is it all going to happen? I guess you will have to stick around and see. But the reading will most definitely occur. In fact, I had a great 'study break' tonight with saad and geronimo to talk about the various books we recommend for each other. Thanks to them, I have a summer reading list started:
*The Alchemist
*Gone with the Wind
*Emma
*Jane Eyre
*Blindness
*White Tiger
*One Hundred Years of Solitude
*Re-read Catcher in the Rye
*finally finish To Kill a Mockingbird (bad law student.)
...plus I have mentioned before that I want to focus on some classics this summer. Have any suggestions??

Okay lovelies, it was bedtime hours ago. And I have somehow been tricked into joining the P90x bandwagon. I no longer love Tony after waking up this morning to a stiff neck and a throbbing headache. But tomorrow I will give him another chance. Except due to the ticking study clock it will have to be early. Yuck.
One exam down, four to go.
Oh and did I tell you I won social secretary for the Canadian Law Society? Cuz I did.
And three weeks until I am homeeeee.
xo cmac

(Pictures from here, here and various others- sorry I've been slacking on keeping track)

Mini-update

I finally uploaded my France pictures- go here to browse.
I also uploaded my pictures from the last month- go here.

Oxford and The Naked and Famous were amazinggggg. But seriously I have an exam Monday and the sheer terror of it is finally getting to me. So Here's just a few things I have found on study breaks:

These are all from: Compai, This is Glamourous, Simply Smitten  and Honestly WTF

There is so much to love about everything above. 

Here's a video from the concert. It is terrible quality and I think you may hear the crowd singing more than them, but I think it shows just how packed it was. and how fun. 

{{the damn video won't load}}

(For what this song actually sounds like- see my previous blog. The song's called 'All of this')

Also: this is a song I love more after the concert

The Naked and Famous - Punching In A Dream

Oh and last night on my way home i walked past TWO Foxes. And then this song was stuck in my head:

Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal

Have a great long weekend xo cmac