Just Another Manic Monday - Pretty In Pink (and Orange)

Hi guys! Look, it's Monday and I actually have Manic Monday up! Who else is proud that I might make it 2 weeks in a row without a posting flub?! I know I still owe you a few review posts and a contest but I am working on it people! It's rough when you are going to school over the summer not to mention all the fun things you can do! Plus we all know how much of a slacker I am.

I have been working really hard in my math and photography classes, but my music class is still a bit of a problem. However I went to see Annie (The Musical) at the Muny last night which is for one of my assignments for that class so I am headed in the right direction. Also I just submitted my first photo shoot assignment for my class here. I took over a 100 shots and had to narrow it down to six. That was tough work people! Thank goodness I had my lovelies on twitter to help me out! Also, math seems to be going really well so far. On the first test I got a 100% and the second, 92% not to shabby for a girl who sucks at math.

Well I have bored you with my summer school life for long enough. On to the manic-ness of it all.

Etsy Item of the Week:

I was watching Alan Lastufka's Blog TV show the other day and he was talking about custom Converse shoes. Alan works for DFTBA records and one of their bands Chameleon Circuit is holding a contest where people submit music videos for their song An Awful Lot Of Running (which you can download for free if you click the link). The prize... a pair of one time only custom Converse sneakers with the Chameleon Circuit logo on them. Well Alan was talking about how much they cost to have made for the contest, $250 which is crazy expensive. I got to thinking, where could I find custom Converse for cheaper? Etsy of course! Well I did find lots of custom shoe stores but this shoe really jumped out at me. It's from Abreaka Studios and is called "What's With The Hype?" While $85 is much better than $250 they are still out of my price range. So I guess they will just have to wait until I am not poor anymore! (Hey that rhymes!)

That's a Bookshelf?

Yep! Betcha didn't think a bended pole could hold books!

First of all please ignore the book choices that the retailer chose to share with us. (Porno by Irvine Welsh! What were they thinking?) But what I want to focus on is how neat and lightweight these babies are. As I showed you yesterday my new bookshelf is quite bulky. I like it quite a bit, however it takes up lots of space. These slim wall models would make lots of sense when moving to a New York City apartment building. Not only do they take up little space on the wall, but they are easy to transport from house to house (er apartment). My only worry, they won't be able to hold heavy books. Also, they are made in England and are priced in pounds so I have no clue how much they would cost with shipping. Looks like I have some research ahead of me.

Create-A-Character

Here's the details on this feature so as not to cause any confusion:

Create-A-Character (formerly know as Name Your Future Child ______.) is just a place for me to share names I like. I by no means consider myself an author, but I do like to write and I often have character names floating around in my head. Each week I will share the name an a little bit about each character. These characters may or may not be used in future stories of mine and also could be inspired by other book characters. I would like to hear your opinions on the character and if you like or dislike their name, so please feel free to comment.

With a name like Colorado, Colorado Morris thinks he will never get a girl. His Mom (an eccentric artist) gave him his name, meaning colorful, because she loved the idea that he was her most colorful and beautiful piece of art yet. She didn't consider the fact that he would be teased constantly on the playground and that it wouldn't stop in High School. No mater how many times Colorado tries to shorten his name to Cole it never seems to stick. When Colorado meets Arizona Watkins, who insists people call her Ari, he thinks maybe he has found a kindred terrible name spirit. Together Cole and Ari begin to accept that maybe being different isn't all that bad in a world of all the same.

That's all I have for you today folks. I do know I owe you those reviews and the Boy Toy contest so if you see me wasting time on twitter today send me an @reply telling me to get back to work.

While writing this post Korianne was listening to The Script's new album. The Man Who Can't Be Moved is her new favorite song.

Korianne Fun Fact: She has seen every performance of Annie at the Muny since she was born. No lies.