Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blogging. Show all posts

Saturday, 21 April 2012

Life's Little Wisdoms



One of my biggest insecurities is people staring at me. Which doesn't make sense, at all. I love being the center of attention, I love public speaking, preforming, and generally capturing the attention of everyone around me.

Which is exactly why I need a blog - I talk too much!

But I read this quote, and it's completely true. No matter what I wear, what I do people are going to stare. They'll stare for me being too quiet, too loud, or too proud. Why not give them something to look at! Besides, if someone cares that much about how I look, they really don't matter, do they?

Saturday, 7 April 2012

Cooking With a Camera (And #5/19)

NasUbK on Make A Gif, Animated Gifs
MakeaGIF.com kills picture quality... anyone have any other gifmaking solutions?

I've been regularly blogging since January, and since then I have not had a camera. Not even an iPhone camera. All I have been able to use to take pictures is someone else's camera, or my webcam.... not anymore! 

I am not a photographer, nor am I a professional blogger by any means, but I do love documenting the little things that go on around me, and finally I will be able to! This also crosses off number 5 on my 19 before 20 List! Success! It's a Cannon Elph, and I love it. It's only a point and shoot, but hey, buying a car was also on my to do list. 

I've got to be honest here, I'm pretty sure the only reason I made breakfast this morning was because I wanted to use my new camera. 

Yum, I just want to eat it all over again.

Eugh, ugly writing. Gonna take some time to get used to this whole tablet thing!
 Fisheye effect!
 Toy Camera Effect
And a cool shot of a whisk taken with the high speed burst mode.

The point of this post was pretty much just to try out my new camera... which was also pretty much the point of the eggs. BUT - some helpful words of advice from a breakfast cook:

When making an omelette, make SURE you,
  • Put a little bit of oil at the bottom of the pan. A little bit of oil. Maybe a tablespoon if you have a big pan, and please don't drown your eggs. 
  • To make an actual omelette (unlike mine) be sure to have more eggs than stuff, the eggs are the glue keeping your stuff together, and without it you just have scrambled eggs
  • Salt and Pepper!!!!!! Don't forget these key ingredients in your veggies, and most certainly in your eggs.
  • To keep that circle shape, make sure you use a rubber spatula to carefully lift up the edges of the eggs. This will allow the eggs to run down below the already cooked eggs, giving you that excellent circle shape.
  • To give a little extra kick in your eggs, try whisking in a little bit of horseradish or grainy dijon mustard. MMmmmm good!

Tuesday, 3 April 2012

19 Before 20

First of all - It isn't my birthday. And it isn't my birthday for another 108 days... unfortunately !

Second of all - I love the idea of ## before ## lists, and ever since grade nine, some good friends and I always made "summer lists", "first semester lists", etc. It was so much fun being able to check off the silly things we did together, and take pictures of them along the way. 

So, I've decided that with one-hundred-and-eight-days until my 20th birthday, I'm going to make myself a 19 before 20 list. Whatchu gonna do about it!

Becky's (Belated) 19 Before 20 List!
  1. Move into my own space
  2. Travel to somewhere I've never been before
  3. 30x30 Remix (reloaded? Major fail so far, I'm thinking JUNE)
  4. Buy a car
  5. Get a camera
  6. Make a blog calendar
  7. Complete the Insanity workout program
  8. Make Momma's surprise bday present!!
  9. Mothers Day DIY feature
  10. Start "Project Life" and documenting everything I do
  11. Figure out how to stay connected with my friends
  12. Make an inspiration board
  13. Do more volunteer work
  14. Make The CupCapers "prototypes" at least 10 times
  15. Do something drastic with my hair
  16. Spend tons of time in the sun
  17. Read more books and less blogs (or just more books!)
  18. Get my record player fixed so I can put on girlie dresses and spin around like the records
  19. Be around (on the blog, silly) to post a 20 before 21 list!

Not too fancy, just a bunch of things I was (hopefully) going to get done in the next 108 days anyways! Lookout world - I have 19 things to do and no one's gonna stop me!


Sunday, 1 April 2012

April Goals

Life/Health:

  • Read 3 whole books (gosh, I used to be such a bookworm and now I have to make a goal to read 3 books)
  • Enjoy more time outside in the sunshine
  • Talk to my parents more!
  • Focus on changing what I'm eating and being more concious about what I put into my body.

Creative:

  • Start baking, once or twice a week.

Blogging:

  • Update on a regular basis - 2 or 3 times a week.
  • Get a real life camera to blog with (PLEASE)

School:

  • Study for all of my exams and finish up the year with flying colors
  • Don't procrastinate!
  • Make school sweaters for everyone in my program

Business:

  • Start thinking more about The CupCapers and see if I can design any pamphlets/flyers
  • Save up more money than I spend - bills don't count.