Menos uma Melissa na minha Wishlist. Essa semana me tornei uma feliz proprietária da Trasure preta q eu havia postado aqui!

Vestido lindo que eu experimentei na C&A, pena que ficou folgado na parte de cima, e como ele era tomara que caia fiquei com medo de comprar e mandar consertar e ficar ruim.

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Ele era um rosa mais bonito que o da foto, *foto de cel*. Ia ficar lindo com a minha three straps cinza.

Beijos

Where to start with this joyous occasion??? Extreme sarcasm intended. So we were pretty excited about it until the day kept getting worse. There was a big argument the night before so we were already irritated with…lets call him… Lil Bastard (LB). No matter what we do, he refuses to listen to us. He kept getting all up in my space bubble. No matter how many times I told him to stop he wouldn’t. Then I had to yell at him and he got mad and went into his room. Eventually, our aunt noticed he was in there being loud, breaking his stuff (like it would hurt me or something) and brought him out to the living room. There was lots of yelling after that.

Then the next day, Melissa asked him to stop opening and closing his phone loudly. But he kept doing it. He got in trouble and got sent to his room. This happened twice and I’m sure it will happen again.

When we tell him to stop doing something he just keeps doing it so we’ll get mad, then he throws a fit and tries to get US in trouble. This is what happens all day, everyday. He acts like such a baby. Can you believe he’s 14 years old? He acts like a 6 year old. If we acted that way when we were 14 our parents would have sent us to bootcamp.

On a more happy note, the food was pretty good. And it’s black friday and we’re going shopping!

sometimes you just have to deal,

Mel and Dani

The drive from Texas was long but sort of eventful. Nothing really worth mentioning but we’re going to anyway.

Our older sister, Kim, came to help us drive. So did her husband, Jake. We took turns driving with each of them, keeping them company. It was really boring so you had to do some crazy stuff to keep yourself entertained. Melissa’s favorite thing to do was to stick her face against the window and hope that someone in a passing car would see. My favorite things were the billboards. People put up some pretty crazy things to get your attention.

Billboard in New Mexico

We also found some pretty awesome stuff in a store called Saddleblankets. Kim kept calling it Saddlebags. haha. I think Melissa enjoyed it the most.

Melissa with a chicken statue with boobs.

Melissa's ring that she bought.

We finally made it here and we were relieved. But then we remembered….the demon child….

sometimes you just have to deal,

Mel and Dani

Thanks to Caroline and a 4:30 AM crying fit I experienced my first Black Friday shopping experience. 

As Joe put it ”You might as well go since you’re up already”.   So I did.  And it wasn’t bad.  We  live just 3 blocks from a shopping center so I avoided fighting traffic-filled signals and streets.  I parked in a hidden little lot behind one of the buildings.  So that worked out in my favor.  They were serving Starbucks coffee – another good sign.  The 3 things I wanted were in stock and sharply discounted.   And there were no lines at checkout.  All in all, a nice 30 minute experience.

I did decide, however, to take my brief Black Friday experience and call it a day.   As I came out of the building the news helicopter was circling overhead catching video of the massive parking lot full of cars.  And a lady walking past me mumbled “Stay away from Target – it’s insane over there.”  So I did what any wise non-shopper would do … I drove the 3 blocks home, poured myself a cup of coffee, grabbed a comfy seat in my living room and while Joe, Ryan and Caroline (who fell back to sleep while I was gone) sleep upstairs I’m listening to the helicopter overhead.  And the endless parade of cars racing by our house on the wet street trying to grab deals at both the shopping center 3 blocks away and the Target store 4 blocks behind our house.

Oh look at that …… Ryan has decided that 6:00 AM is a perfect time to come running downstairs and bound like Tiger into the day.  Well, it was an enjoyable 15 minutes alone in my comfy living room while it lasted.

A Melissa lançou a nova coleção Verão 2010! e o nome é Love Pirates: só acho um absurdo alguém pagar o valor de uma Melissa em um sapato de plástico! Mas confiram…

Outros modelos da coleção!

Me desculpem quem gosta, mas além de ser muito modinha, é sintético(não que eu não goste), mas é que acho caro mesmo! Custa em média uns R$120,00.

Por Maurício Belfante

Comparado aos maiores pólos musicais do Brasil, o estado do Rio Grande Sul vêm a anos lançando bandas que, a cada ano, fazem mais sucesso. O sotaque característico dos gaúchos vem dominando o cenário  musical, principalmente o Rock N’ Roll.

Mostrando suas inovações e uma sonoridade inigualável, a capital Porto Alegre é a principal cidade gaúcha a levar para todo o país a cultura dos Pampas, que vem servindo como influência em todos os cantos do Brasil.

A principal banda gaúcha é o Engenheiros do Hawaii. A banda liderada por Humberto Gessinger serviu como inspiração para as novas gerações e abriu as portas para as bandas que ainda ameaçavam levantar voô para o cenário brasileiro.

A banda que teve como formação original a presença de Carlos Stein, Marcelo Pitz e Carlos Maltz, teve um ínicio tanto inusitado. Estudantes de Arquitetura na UFRGS, formaram a banda para apenas uma apresentação em um festival universitário. Satirizando os rivais estudantes de Engenharia, que andavam com bermuda de surfe, os integrantes tiveram a ideia de colocar Engenheiros do Hawaii como nome do conjunto.

Afim de mostrar ao Brasil bandas já consagradas dentro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul, a MTV Brasil realizou em 2005 o Acústico MTV Bandas Gaúchas. Incluindo as quatro bandas mais influentes no Século 20, como Bidê ou Balde, Cachorro Grande, Ultramen e Wander Wildner.

A primeira das quatro sempre lançaram sucessos pelo Brasil, mas que não conseguiu emplacar de vez, com excessão de Melissa, maior sucesso da banda. Já o Cachorro Grande conseguiu um sucesso maior, no ano de 2005. Com suas letras descompromissadas e um estilo diferente, a banda conseguiu emplacar nas rádios de todo o Brasil. Ultramen não é uma banda de sucessos. Mas por outro lado, a sonoridade das suas músicas são inigualáveis, sendo comparado com O Rappa e Planet Hemp.

Wander Wildner é um velho conhecido do estado. Ex-componente dos Replicantes, o cantor de 50 anos foi um dos descobridores e idealizadores do Punk Rock no Brasil. teve muitas de suas músicas regravadas pelo Ira! e Tequila Baby, outra banda importante do cenário gaúcho.

Novas bandas estão invadindo o cenário musical do Rio Grande do Sul. Bandas como Superguidis e Pata de Elefante. A primeira foi criada em 2002 e toca um dos estilos do momento, o indie rock. Depois de shows na Argentina e Uruguai, a banda lançou o seu primeiro disco.

Pata de Elefante é outra banda criada em 2002. Com seu estilo musical bastante anormal no cenério brasileiro, os músicos se aventuraram no instrumental rock. Após o lançamento do seu segundo disco, a banda conseguiu vencer o VMB na categoria Instrumental.

Erin is cornered in the Great White North this year, and is hosting a party to teach the People of Other Lands the true meaning of American Thanksgiving (with Tofurky!).  In honor of her party and the upcoming holiday, I thought a post reminding her of Thanksgiving via the Unnamed Religious Private School would be apropos. 

I’ve had to mull this post over a few times, because this is the first time that I’ll be posting a memory that’s very scattered.  It doesn’t exist in my brain as a narrative, but rather as a bunch of scattered, disparate parts that might actually come from a series of years rather than a single event.  So rather than fudging anything resembling linear narrative, I will provide you with a series of remembered events, which may or may not be connected to one another.

 Erin has already mentioned the Thanksgiving Play, and my memories of this are much the same as hers.  I’m certain that the plot of the play was “Pilgrims set out for America.  Pilgrims land and are extremely righteous, but in order to teach them a lesson God sends them a Very Harsh Winter.  Some people get sick.  Some people even die!  Helpful Indians (played by dark-haired children such as myself) help them grow crops.  Helpful Indians join Pilgrims at First Thanksiving, where the women cook the meal while the men teach the Indians about Jesus.  The Indians readily accept Jesus despite what must have been some really difficult translation barriers.  Everyone is happy, and thus thankful, despite all the bodies still lying around from the Very Harsh Winter.  (I believe that one year we actually did have some kids play sick people, and I think one of them stayed on stage longer than he was supposed to, thus giving the impression that the neglected dead were still lounging about during the festivities.)

 Thanksgiving is always a troublesome holiday at religious schools, because it’s the only holiday (besides Halloween, which is OFF LIMITS) that isn’t specifically referenced in scriptures.  When teachers talked to us about the “true meaning” of Christmas, they inevitably spent several days pouring over the birth of Christ with us.  The meaning of Easter was similarly divined through readings of the Crucifixion.  But the Pilgrims aren’t technically IN the Bible (as much as our teachers might have wanted them to be), and so somehow we escaped with having a fairly secular time at Thanksgiving.  We made the traditional Hand-Turkey crafts and lists of things we were thankful for.  And I can’t imagine that our play was that much more culturally insensitive than anyone else’s.  The myths of Thanksgiving are a pretty ingrained part of American childhoods, public- and private-schooled alike.  (This makes me wonder what kids who grow up on Reservations think of the holiday.)  We also did additional crafts projects to eat up the time that would normally have been dedicated to something less secular, like a scripture reading.  The year we did the play, we created our own set (featuring a giant cave!) out of papier mache. 

A few years later (I think), someone must have made the decision that crafts were not adequate to teach us about the meaning of Thanksgiving.  Because that year, we were sent to the M family’s house to learn about all of the chores and tasks that go into planning a True American Thanksgiving.

Regular readers of this blog are already familiar with the Family M.  They are the family that includes Melissa and her twisted sisters, along with their theatrical mother and the father who donned tiny bathrobes.  Erin has already mentioned that they were the family who attempted to provide our class with “culture”, carting us all to plays and Junior League events.  This year their role as cultural attaches was extended somewhat, as they taught us the proper way to plan a Thanksgiving feast.  One morning the week before Thanksgiving break, we all hopped in cars driven by chaperoning parents and took a field trip to the country club, where Mrs. M greeted us at the door to her stately mansion and informed us we would learn how to be real ladies and gentlemen this Thanksgiving.

Did I mention that we were all wearing Pilgrim and/or Indian outfits?  We were requested to come in costume as members of the first Thanksgiving.  Most of us just used our costumes from the annual play, meaning that I was dressed in my felt Indian vest and headband, complete with feathers and two long pigtail braids.  So a group of mostly Pilgrims and a few select Indians stormed the mansion door, still uncertain what, exactly, we were going to learn.

This is where my memory gets splotchier than I would like.  I am certain that a day at the house of M must have been beyond hilarious, but I can’t get a clear picture of what, exactly, we did once we were there.  I know that a major portion of our “lesson” involved cooking and cleaning.  Mrs. M had arranged for us to prepare specific T-day dishes – potato salad, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, green been casserole.  And she also taught us the importance of having a clean house; some of us were assigned to polish various furnishings and mop the hardwood floors in preparation for our feast.  (I feel that I must commend the school here, as this lesson was surprisingly gender neutral.  As far as I can remember, the boys were assigned to cook and clean right alongside the girls.)

What I remember most vividly, though, is the moment when Mrs. M and our teacher gathered us all together and talked about the importance of remembering the first Thanksgiving as we set about preparing our own feasts.  The Pilgrims, they reminded us, had not only to cook and to clean, but also to hunt, fish, and gather.  They lived off the land, and the preparation of any feast involved the hard legwork of the hunter.  (I would swear too that when we cooked the meal, Mrs. M made the preparations as primitive as possible, leaving out the use of electric appliances wherever feasible.  But this might be a misremembrance.)  Thus, on this day we were going to learn how hard it was to hunt a turkey.

I have no idea why someone in the country club had turkeys.  But someone did.  Specifically, he was a grouchy old man who shouted a lot and didn’t seem all that happy about having us on his property.  He had a pretty extensive plot of land that included foul of all kinds, cows, and I think even a pig or two.  Now that I’m older I look back on him and wonder if he was one of those old men who thinks the government is coming for his money one day and keeps a small farm-like plot just in case someone steals all his worldly goods.  But whatever the reason, he had animals, and we needed those animals in order to learn about the First Thanksgiving.

Mrs. M showed us around the “farm,” explaining how each animal would have served the Pilgrims in the creation of their feast.  (Cows?  In early America?  I’m not so sure about that one.  But they probably didn’t eat sweet potato casserole with marshmallows either, so I guess I shouldn’t expect this even to have been historically accurate.)  We learned that any and all food came from plants and animals, not from the grocery store.

But the capper of the event was when the grouchy old man stepped in to tell us how hard it was to catch a turkey.  If we were learning about the hardships of the early days, it was important to understand that nature was difficult to tame, and that most wild animals didn’t just walk right into the path of your rifle.  As he made his point, he walked towards a small fence at he back of the property, threw open a gate, and set free three enormous turkeys to run about the yard.  He claimed that they were “wild turkeys,” although I think that adjective becomes moot once an animal is kept in a pen in your yard.  But either way, the man was taken with the majesty of the turkey (just like Ben Franklin!) and wanted us to understand how hard a bird it was to bag.  “Just try to catch those turkeys,”  he challenged.

And with that, 20 elementary school kids dressed as Pilgrims and Indians took off after 3 big birds, scrambling across the acreage, bumping into unsuspecting cows and pigs in our plight to grab the centerpiece of all Thanksgiving meals.  We got close a couple of times, including one in which I swear the thing turned around and nipped my arm.  But I doubt any of us succeeded.  After much scrambling around, Mrs. M called us back and told us it was time to head back to the house.  Luckily for us, some astute shopper had already provided us with a bird via the grocery store, so our feast would not remain incomplete, despite our failure to bag the turkey.

I don’t know where our teacher was during all of this.  I suspect it was a nice day off for her.  I’m really crossing my fingers this time, hoping that Erin remember SOME of this, because I’m certain there’s more to this story.  Anytime a crazy rich lady teaches a bunch of costumed kids about the “true meaning” of Thanksgiving, there are bound to be some comedic scenes.  But all of them were pushed out of my mind by the crazy old man who got a kick out of watching us chase his turkeys.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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Keep it coming! Goodluck!

A primeira vez que vi essa Melissa da Vivienne Westwood meu coração parou! Já experimentei mas com meu pézinho de ET não rolou: um tamanho ficou pequeno e o outro grande! Mas continuo amando loucamente e meus olhos atentos reconheceram imediatamente o sapato nesse look lindo da Leona Lewis (cantora inglesa!)

Ohnnnnn! Que linda. Saia linda, blusa linda, batom vermelho lindo, sapato lindo!…

Agora fala que essa cena que vou mostrar não é uber romântica:

Uma noiva de Melissa! Que lindo! Melissa branca com coração vermelho. Achei muito chique. Agora eu quero mais ainda! (foto de Max Wanger que achei no Plastic Fantastic!

Melissa: ainda não desisti de você! Nessa foto dá pra ver que a Melissa também sobra no pé da Leona Lewis, por que ela não pode sobrar no meu???

by zazoza

Mix To Go Magazine Presents

DANCE AFTER DARK | The Mix Show

The theme: “At A Classic Pitch”

Dance After Dark

Mix by DJ FREEDOM

Live at 632 Studios in Brooklyn, New York City

Monday, November 23, 2009

(DOWNLOAD LINK AT BOTTOM OF SONG LIST)

SONG LIST:

(1) Razamatazz (Free*Mix) – Quincy Jones

(2) Portuguese Love (Free*Mix) – Phil Asher’s Miami Samba Vs DJ Freedom’s Tribal

(3) You’re My Latest, My Greatest Inspiration (Quentin Harris Remix) – Teddy Pendergrass

(4) Make Sure Your Sure (Quentin Harris & Timmy Regisford Remix) – Stevie Wonder

(5) Baby I’m Scared of You (Free*Mix) – Womack & Womack

(6) Still In Love With You (Masters At Work Dub) – Melisa Morgan

(7) Forget Me Nots (DJ Freedom’s Back To Basics Mix) – Patrice Rushen

(8) Club Lonely (Original Vocal Mix) – Lil Louis

(9) Everybody Dance – Chic

(10) Encore (Freedom’s Classic Club Vocal Remix) – Cheryl Lynn

(11) In The AM (Quentin’s Remix Vs DJ Freedom’s Remix) – Mary J Blige…dedicated to cousin Ann Douglas!

(12) Horizons (Freedom’s Classic House Remix) – The Sylvers

(13) Nights Over Egypt (Freedom’s Nights Over Ibiza Remix) – The Jones Girls

(14) Super Constellation 2009 (Freedom’s Disco Pitch Remix) – Sousa & Mad

(15) Ecstasy (Freedom’s Classic Pitch Remix) – Barry White

(16) Ready 4 More – International Featuring Miss Lynsey

(17) The Night The Lights Went Out (The Black Science Orchestra Remix) – The Trammps

(18) Don’t Talk Just Dance _Free*Mix Project Featuring Jon B

(19) No One – Maxwell

(20) Bad Times (I Can’t Stand It) -Captain Rapp

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I was browsing the Gitzo tripods website this morning and found The Vintage Collection.

It is a genuine replica of Gitzo supports with the classic logos. And what can I say about the case? It’s simply a must have!

http://gitzo.com/cms/site/gitzo/cache/products/special_lines/sl_vintage

It comes and it goes…

The BIG Holiday Outlet Sale 2009 will be held at the SMX Convention Hall 4 this December 4 – 6 from from 10AM to 9PM.

Free entrance for all BPI Cardholders and Php 50 entrance fee for non-cardholders.

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To match my uber lovely dress, I borrowed some shoes..

They were beautiful..

Vivienne Westwood..

Bubblegum scented..

Big Smiles ^_________^

I did take my black pumps to change into when my feet started to hurt..

I am such a swirly girly girl lately

Summer footwear has long been a point of contention for me. Too hot for boots and sneakers, yet too dressy to wear flip-flops everywhere. I want something cool, functional, something that can be worn to the beach and drinks afterwards. Most of all, I desire good design. For too long have we slackened off when it comes to summer, compared to winter’s glorious detail and structure.

Luckily, I have stumbled upon a solution. Melissa, my new favourite footwear brand have recently released yet more designs in their collaboration with Kiss and Tell favourite Vivienne Westwood.

Seen on the feet of Katy Perry and Pamela Anderson, the ‘melissa + Vivienne Westwoon Lady Dragon Love Heart’ style is a best seller, and has inspired countless fakes and knock-offs.

image from Melissa Australia

Melissa recently released new colours, including the Lilac/Black, above. A completely new style this season is the ‘melissa + Vivienne Westwood Lady Dragon Ball’:

image from Melissa Australia

Whimsical and fun, it’s sure to sell out. If you’re a flatties girl like me, do not be dissuaded – there is a style for you! My pick is the gorgeous ‘melissa + Vivienne Westwood Three Stripes Flat’.

image from Melissa Australia

Coming in nine different shades, I am partial to the red, but adore the aqua and electric blue shades.

A great thing about Melissa and their shoes, it must be said, is their committment to sustainability and the environment. I had first herad of them through a vegan friend – no animals are killed or utilised in their entire life cycle, and they are designed from a special plastic blend, promising more confort, elasticity and resistance, and are 100% hypoallergenic. The shoes are even recyclable (but who would throw away shoes?). A world first, ladies – (almost) guilt free shoes.

The selling point for me, however, is Melissa’s dedication to great and unique style – Melissa shoes are not everyday; run of the mill. They have collaborated with many artists in the past, including Jean-Paul Gaultier, Alexandre Herchovitch and Karim Rashid. The Vivienne Westwood partnership is just the icing on the cake of an ethical and fashionable history.

Every week one of the kids is the kitchen helper.  Last week Samuel helped with setting the table, preparing food, and cleaning up.  Melissa is our kitchen helper this week.  She and I made cupcakes with pink frosting and sprinkles this afternoon.  Thanks Melissa!

Encontramos no site Portais da Moda um especial com acessórios para noivas. E no meio de vários acessórios e dicas super bacanas, a Melissa deu o ar de sua graça!

Como o próprio site sugere, noivas mais jovens e modernas podem sim casar de Melissa!

Inclusive o Plastic Fantastic já mostrou várias noivas que escolheram calçar uma Melissa nesse dia tão importante, veja só: Jéssica de Lady Dragon, Caroline de Lady Dragon, Déborah de Disco, Simone de Disco, Hannah de Lady Dragon, Mika de Karin Rashid e Karina de Ultragirl.

“Mulheres mais jovens e modernas podem optar casar com sapatos da Melissa, algo que não é raro hoje em dia. A marca dispõe de modelos mais sofisticados, com aplicações ou plástico metalizado, que podem ser usados sem medo nos casamentos.”

Confira só alguns modelos sugeridos pelo Portais da Moda:

Hello rosa metalizada

Ultragirl + J. Maskrey vidro

Lady Dragon Heart branco perolizado

Vinyl + J. Maskrey rosa

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