August Favorites

Jesse McCartney - Back Together: The 9th grade girl that lingers inside me won't let this one go.

Ryan O'Shaughnessy - No Name: Ryan finished 5th during the 6th season of Britain's Got Talent and this is the original song he auditioned with. It's gorgeous.

Conor Maynard - Vegas Girl: Ignore the incredibly awkward music video and just dance instead.

Bastille - Pompeii: This should have been a "song of the summer" contender.

The Band Perry - Done: We all have someone we'd sing this to in our heads.

The Piano Guys - Begin Again: You can't really go wrong with the cello/piano combo.

SYTYCD - Top 8: I loved the concept of All Stars also as choreographers. It's amazing how much talent has run through that show. My two favorite numbers of the night:

The Newsroom - Red Team III: I really don't care what the critics continue to say about this show- I love it. The ep's promo:

It also had the best last two seconds of an show I've seen in a while, delivered perfectly by Jane Fonda.

Pretty Little Liars - Now You See Me, Now You Don't: Ahh, PLL. We meet again. You've become my favorite guilty pleasure no matter how many loose ends you leave dangling. The summer finale was full of #WorldWarA ridiculousness with the biggest reveal that (spoilers) Ezra is A!...or one of the A's...or on the A team...or was just following the girls trying to keep them safe? See what I mean about dangling ends? So many questions; about 99.4% of them unanswered.

My favorite thing the internets have given us so far concerning this episode:

HISHE (How It Should Have Ended) - Pacific Rim

New York City Ballet - Dancing Peter Martins' Swan Lake

Jasmine Meakin - "Talk Dirty" choreo

John Green - Why Are American Health Care Costs So High? (High five for the nerdfighter readers! Anyone out there? Anyone??)

NBC Sports - An American Coach in London

Jezebel.com - Racial implications of Miley Cyrus' VMA performance

ArtsUSA - How the arts teach 21st Century success skills

Church is Messy - Calling out Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer

Austin Statesman - Finally! A clothing line for girls who aren't defined by pink & purple.

Boston Globe - Did Shakespeare really make up all those words?

whatrhymeswithhug.me/

One of the top songs this summer that's been asking for it so badly.

dailydishonestly.com

Lies told via top notch graphic design.

fakescience.org

Chic Graphique's Customized Laptop Sleeve - I'm a sucker when it comes to monograms. Mine is en route now:

L'Oreal BB Cream - Evidently there's a whole wealth of things you can put on your face that I didn't even know about. (What the heck is primer, amirite?) BB Cream is like all that good stuff combined. This is my first to every try (so I don't claim to be an expert) but I pretty much love it. Lightweight, non-greasy, and (best of all) CHEAP. 

Vera Bradley's Laptop Backpack - Since I'd been slugging around the same one for over five years, I decided to use my Vera birthday coupon this year on a new backpack. The laptop compartment is super handy and I of course know it's great quality.

What did I miss??

To many new September favorites!

#327

A few days ago I packed up the last of my things and moved out of Riverhill #327 for good. I instagrammed as much of my journey as I figured my few followers could take.

When I think about becoming an "adult" (still cringe when I say that) I'll think about 327. And when I think about what made DFW a home to me, I'll think about it too- how the only time I ever used my dining room table was to play Settlers of Catan with my home group. When Cory fell asleep while watching the opening ceremonies. Having girls' nights where we swore we were going to watch Mean Girls, but just wound up talking for six hours instead. Adopting a cat that thinks he's a dog and looks like a goat. You know, basic growing up things.

No matter how excited you are to get to the next place, leaving a home with such wonderful memories is a little depressing. I'm still in a bit of a melancholy funk, but that honestly could also be because I've been doing too much hate watching of Pretty Little Liars recently. That show enrages me. I'm at the beginning of Season 3 right now and here are some of my many questions:

• How is Ezra Fitz not in jail?
• Why do these girls keep leaving their phones/computers/zip drives that contain vital information on them out as a free for all for anyone to come along and pick up and ruin their cases/lives once again? And has anyone ever heard of a PASSWORD? Anyone besides Caleb?
• Does this school system begin their day at like 11:00 am? Do they have half hour long passing periods? Where was that school when I was growing up?
• How is Ezra Fitz not in jail?
• What kind of high school has a "daddy-daughter" dance?
• No one owns an iPhone? You drive a Lexus. Come on now.
• Does Aria own a mirror? (see below)

(Nemos only belong on your shirt if it also says Disney World on it somewhere.)

• Parents? What parents? Oh, no it's totally cool to just come home at like nine p.m. and leave again at 11 on a school night at age 16. "Where are you going?" "Out." "Oh, ok. That's a completely acceptable response from someone who's been legally allowed to drive for a hot two minutes."
• Why is half of Toby Cavanaugh's screen time just spent with him staring intimidatingly at someone?
• Why was ANYONE friends with Alison to begin with?
• How did Jason transform from this guy to this guy?

I checked imdb. The first actor had nothing better to do.

• How is. Ezra Fitz. Not. In. Jail.

I like this post because it proves I'm definitely not a full-fledged adult yet. Why? Because I just spent half my time talking about Pretty Little Liars.

To young adulthood!