the ugly vest

for those of you requesting more clothing posts - well here you go.

im not sure what drew me to this hideous vest [but i love it...], maybe it's the stereotypical canadian lumberjack or bridgewater influence coming out in me. a frenchy's find. haven't been there in ages - forgot how much i loved it. but i figure, hey, if i don't use it ever again, at least its great for canadian summer camping!

BDG highrise jeans $70 , zara belt, bluenotes top $3, vest $4

a pintora

i like to keep myself busy with little projects. and i like to paint. the front room of the house was dark and frankly, in need of a makeover. so the three came together and here i was, over the past few days, painting away - with the help of some lovely companions: isabel and peguin prison.

after some patching, some sanding, comes priming! starting to restore the beautiful radiator as well...i can finally breath again in here as well. so bright and airy!

on its way & dirty drawings...

themesong:




and the final product will be posted shortly...![its finished, i'm just a bit lazy to upload photos!]

los cojolites

Los cojolites - a mexican collective of soneros studying and promoting their regional music of son jarocho

this song is simply delightful, from their first album 'el conejo' 2001:

viva mexico

in light of my impending trip to mexico [less than two weeks], an array of things i am looking forward to.

i had decided to go to mexico many, many months ago to visit my dear friend aldo, and see a mexico different from my brief trip to cancun in 2007.  But not until tonight - and after hours of sitting on google maps seeing what looked cool from satellite range - has the excitement and reality of it kicked in! this is the longest i've been sitting around in halifax [since september] and my itchy feet are rearing to go. viva mexico!

& a little musical accompaniment:


a cool mexican experimental-electronic-rock band - KINKY "masacre sonica"



1940's group trio los panchos "triunfamos"


los socios del ritmo: "hoja seca" [mexican baby makin music of the 70's one could only assume.]

train songs

the original

forever a favourite and an amazing cover

on old shores

a harbour seal's polished head
breaks the greasy, grey sea's surface
which laps at our feet
on these old shores.
a coast worn raw
by the weight of days
and there is a weight of days
between us, but, at the thought of you
my chest swells like this ebbing tide
and something in me stirs,
as strong as the bristly pines we see
and as timeless as the sad ghosts who walk between them.

-N. Tabone
Havre St. Pierre '08

FOR SALE

hello my friends! two days of cleaning and two bags of consignment clothes later [plus one for salvation army] and I finally feel a lot less bogged down. i have a few new years resolutions and less clothing is one of them. i plan to move within the year and cutting down on my 'rags' will make my life much easier when the time comes.

i saved a few favourites for anyone who is interested. friends get first dibs over consignment stores any 'ol day.

***underneath is a list with prices. if you fancy any, let me know in comments or drop me an email [mariza_gaspar@hotmail.com]. bartering system accepted. : )

****Sorry about the wrinkles!

A - Turquoise fade scarf - FREE TO GOOD HOME!
B - Light purple [small red polkadots] empire waste dress [SIZE 6-8?]- 7
C - Woolen black and dark green lined cropped hunter jacket [SIZE 4]- 20
D - Stripe wrap around skirt [black market] [SIZE 2-8]- 7
E - Vintage rouched pale pink & flowers smock top [SIZE 4-6] - 25
F - Lambswool & acrylic striped cardigan [SIZE 4-8]- 10
G - Vintage flowered chiffon dress w clasp back [a beaut! always been a bit too big!][SIZE 6-8] - 35
H - High wasted periwinkle golf shorts [SIZE 4/5] - 7
I - Dark purple cotton sweater [SIZE 4] - 10
J - Vintage romper [SIZE 4/5]- 15
K - Italian silk scarf - 5
L - Black and white skirt [looks great on! breast area too big for me!]{SIZE 6] - 15
M - Feax leather spring bag with tassles - 20
N - Lovely girl office blue button up dress [Loved it, it was too big, bought it anyways, never can wear
       it..:S] [Size 6-8] - 40
O - Chiffon flowered scarf  - 15
P - Awesome plaid wool scaves - Free to good home!
Q - woven Aldo bag - 15
R - Silvia Novelli knit sweater - 12
S - Axel & Rose striped kitten heels [love em, never wear em]{size 7.5-8] - 15

good friends

a couple of months ago
my friend moe
gave me a rubber tree,
and after a week i started to neglect it,
but those plants
they don't
require much attention.
you can forget about them.  
they're like a good friend; you can
not pay them much attention,
but when you see them again,
they'll still be green
like you
never left.
- duzheknew

the simple beautiful lyrics of halifax' own - DUZHEKNEW

cleansing

cleansing for the new year, of some material items.

i will post them here for anyone who wishes to purchase some and give others a good new home. PLEASE STAY TUNED!!!

image by Kyle Green

a glam rock christmas

merry christmas to all and to all a goodnight!

...and to me christmas just woudln't be complete without a little glam rock and choirs.

probably my all time favourite contemporary christmas song.

badass.

+

 

ahh. a forever favourite since highschool. the subways, check them out.  and i want that god damn jacket! [or outfit! i'd take that too!]

papa shirt

the more scarves/layers the merrier! these boots are quickly becoming my favourite.. along with this woolen nautica oversized men's shirt stolen from the pops - it's so comfy and warm! it also acts as my new jacket heh!

BDG jeans, nautica mens wool shirt, oversized old navy shirt, everly print jacket

love this guy

blindness

ack, i have been incredibly busy lately and thus, severely lacking in the posts department. also lacking in my posts about recent good reads! so, here is one to satisfy your written word woos.

it took me quite a while to read but blindness by jose saramago was no easy read. the run on sentences of a peculiar style which is unique to saramago are at times hard to follow if you are not 100% dedicated to the words at hand - i find myself quite often daydreaming while reading and have to reread entire pages sometimes!

however, the subject matter and the plot help to keep one interested. for those of you who don't know blindness is the story about a pandemic of well, blindness that sweeps the nation? [one is never really sure after reading the book.] the tale of how it all begins and how the characters cope with it. a story that makes you appreciate your sight, and makes you think about certain things in a whole new way.
note: 'If you can see, look. If you can look, observe.'
 
there were numerous times throughout this novel where i had to physically stop to appreciate the beauty of the words saramago put down.



'I shall clean whatever is still dirty, and now to work, let's go, we are the only woman in the world with two eyes and six hands. Perhaps in the building opposite, behind those closed windows some blind people, men, women, roused by the noise of the constant beating of the rain, with their head pressed against the cold window-panes covering with their breath on the glass the dullness of the night, remember the time when, like now, they last saw the rain falling from the sky. They cannot imagine that there are moreover three naked women out there, as naked as when they came into the world, they seem to be mad, they must be bad, people in their right mind do not start washing on a balcony exposed to the view of the neighborhood, even less looking like that, what does it matter that we are all blind, these are things one must not do, my god, how the rain is pouring down on them, how it trickles between their breasts, how it lingers and disappears into the darkness of the pubis, how it finally drenches and flows over the thighs, perhaps we have judged them wrongly, or perhaps we are unable to see this the most beautiful and glorious thing that has happened in the history of the city, a sheet of foam flows from the floor of the balcony, if only i could go with it, falling interminably, clean, purified, naked. Only god see us, said the wife of the first blind man, who despite disappointments and setbacks, clings to the belief that god is not blind, to which the doctor's wife replies, Not even he, the sky is clouded over.'

____

it was also made into a hollywood blockbuster but i promised myself to read it before seeing it - so that is my next step!

action.reaction

just a great tune by the choir of young believers.

comrags

another item that had previously been made fun of has found a spot in my heart. a vintage comrags wrap skirt - my mother's first 'designer' purchase back in the early 80's - snagged for my own closet. it's a heavy beautifully woven cotton - the perfect winter skirt! paired with a leather biker jacket and chunky black scarf for outdoor travels!

comrags is all about "wearable" , tailored designer fashion... and as fun as it is to look through ridiculous, crazy or wymsical fashion collections.. sometimes it's nice to see one where i'm like, "hey, i'd wear that.' ah, and they're 100% canadian to boot!

so: from their new AW'11 collection..a few of my favourites [humphrey vest is fav!]

the budding creative writer

a story, from the five-year-old me.

once there was one dofen that lived in the orte oshen way dep in. she was spec. she was lonly so one day she wet ot to fid a hasbend. she fod one so they got mered. they had a baby. they tok very good ker of there baby dofene. one day it was the babys birthday. the baby had a big big birthday kak. they sag happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday der baby happy birthday to you. the end.

translation:

once there was one dolphin that live in the arctic ocean way deep in. she was special. she was lonely so one day she went out to find a husband. she found one so they got married. they had a baby. they took very good care of their baby dolphin. one day it was the baby's birthday. the baby had a big big birthday cake. they sang happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear baby, happy birthday to you. the end.

what a lovely story!

nighttimeplaylist

a NIGHT TIME playlist
composed of 6 dreamy tunes

1.ricky eat acid - strawberries
2.koushik - coolin'
3.blood orange - bad girls
4.purity rings - lofticries
5. brightblack morning light - come another rain down
6.tycho - a walk

fleet fox cover

my love for fleetfoxes will only continue to grow. and now, maybe a new found love for oh land. this must be shared!

WANTS

JACKET.WANTS...

damask snow leopard jacket - $295

i want her entire outfit [comfy! ^_^ ] - pixiemart $211

faux fur coat - pixiemart $239

Carin Wester parka - $499

&.EVERY.SINGLE.ONE.OUT.O'.MY.PRICERANGE...