Catching Up

Hey,

I know, I know, I haven't been blogging for awhile. I always want to make my posts extra special with lots of pictures, to keep it somewhat interesting for the readers of course :)

I am going through a lot right now in my personal life. I had two mental breakdowns this past week because of what has been going on. They are things that are too complex to explain here but maybe sometime I will explain more in future blogs. Right now I've been trying to cope with all the stress and anger I'm dealing with at the moment.

The good news is: I had a great birthday/grad party on Saturday which was English Teaparty/Alice in Wonderland themed. I will make a post about that soon.

AND,
I joined the GYM last night!!! It's awesome because it's 24 hrs so I can go at night anytime. I hope I can keep up with it because I have signed up for a yearly membership!

I really hope everyone is doing well, and I will keep you posted SOON, I PROMISE. <3

Miss Red Retro.

Hey Babes,

Just wanted to make a new post!!! By the way my birthday was on Monday June 27!!! I turned 22 <3 I will make another blog about that for sure.

These are some pictures I took on Saturday before my friend's 30th birthday party! My mom finally bought a RED couch, and I loves it !!! <3 I decided to take some retro pin-up photos :) Hope you enjoy...also, did I mention red is my favourite colour? ;D

Confused & Distressed

Daydreaming

You're now looking at a 2011 University GRADUATE!

On Monday June 13th 2011, I became a graduate of York University with a Bachelors of Arts w/ HONOURS!! My major is Engligh (surprising I know -.-). Anyways, I felt so proud that I made it through four years of University, because I really did not enjoy most of it. I really disliked my program but I bore with it through out these years. It just didn't live up to my expectations. Atleast I can say I made it with honours, and that I can use this experience for my future. It will definitely help me when I apply for "Librarian's College" in October! lol Yes, you do need an University education to become a librarian! (this is something everyone always asks me whenever I say I want to become a librarian)!!!!

My convocation was a very long process. We had to arrive two hours ahead of the scheduled ceremony time in order to be lined up my degree, name, etc. A lot of us girls were wearing heels under our graduation robes, and somehow managed to last over two hours standing up in our heels on cement flooring!!! I really don't know how I did it! The ceremony itself was another two hours, and included lots of long speeches, and all of us graduates being called up name by name to shake hands with the Chancellor, president of the University, Dean, and etc! Afterwards, I found my family amongst the crowd outside and took pictures of course! It was a very proud moment I must say. I am so glad I made it!!!

Yes, I did intentionally match my school colours ;) LOL!

My uncle and aunt :) (also my godparents <3)

me and my mom <3 love her sooo much (and my shoes getting stuck in the grass!!!)

I DID IT, WHAT WHAT!!!

I'm just a smarty pants, what can I say? lol jk jk ;D

Just Kickin' it Like Chun Li ;D

On May 27-29th I went to an annual Anime convention! This was my 4th year attending, and as always it was a lot of fun! And as always, there is a crunch time for me to make a new costume every year !!! This year I chose to be a videogame character named "Chun Li" from the classic fighter game "Street Fighter". I have loved this game since I was probably 6 yrs old, and Chun Li has been my favourite video game heroine ever since <3 I wanted to make a post with some pictures from the event!!! I know you may think I'm weird, but this event is soooo much fun EVERY YEAR! And it is so fun to get your picture taken like every few steps! It's like being a celebrity lolol ;) Hope you enjoy the photos and the nerdiness! Also, it was fun when most characters from Street Fighter and Capcom  all joined up to do a photoshoot! We even had some fighting matches (which was all fake of course) ;) You will see me doing some "fighting" as Chun Li <3

A guy had a pet ferret walking around & her name was Rosie! She was dressed as a "moogle" <3 

me and my friend Tam.  He was Mat Patel from Scott Pilgrim for one of the days!

lol Tam had this idea of course, he is in the background! My joke is, this is every fanboy's fantasy ;)

Me and another street fighter character, Ryu :) Epic pose!

a guy dressed up as battle background with "KO" on his face lmaoo

My friend as Cammy, and me! Fighting pose ;)

ROUND 1: VICTORY POSE for Cammy!

ROUND 2: VICTORY POSE for Chun Li ;)

Some members of our photoshoot!

lol Me fighting hahaha

I took him down ;)

Jack Sparrow <3 He was in character! Also, I asked him where the rum had gone!

Pedobear found me :(:( I look scared! lolol

being carried by my videogame crush, Big Boss from Metal Gear Solid!

Of course I took over hundreds of photos, but I can't share them all here! See you soon :) <3

A quick quickie :3

hey :) Sorry I haven't posted for awhile!! I've been super busy the past two weeks finishing up a costume I made for an Anime convention "Anime North" I went to last weekend <3 I had super fun! Look out for a bigger post with pictures of me and my friends at the convention :) You will see the nerdy side of me. Perhaps I will do a post with pictures of my past cosplays? This was my 4th year going, and I had a BLAST !!! I am going to another convention in August, and I can't wait! Here is a preview of the character I cosplayed:

can you guess who she is? she's my favourite videogame female character <3

You're such a player!

Today I went to work for a couple of hours, and was sent home early which was fine because it was such a crummy day outside! It was humid, and rainy, and I was boiling in my work uniform. For work, we have to put our hair back so today I decided to do a simple updo that was inspired by Selena Gomez's "So Naturally" music video:

                        





This my favourite Selena Gomez music video, she looks so pretty and sort of natural in it :) My updo wasn't as "poofy" as her's is, but I'm going to try to improve it next time. When I got home, I quickly changed and decided to go on a walk in the rain. The rain kind of dampened my hair-poof but I still took some pictures of my outfit...

I love red...as you can see...

Hence the title of this journal haha, "you're such a player" 
(FULL VIEW to see the detail more closely)

i love the ribbed detail on this sweater jacket :)

My boyfriend doesn't like when I put my hair back, but I think if I wore the right outfit, I could make this poofy-updo work well, and perhaps I could change his mind? I definitely have to work on making this hairstyle more poofy on the top lolol Elvis style <3 

I heart Pilates & Cardio together!

I can't fall asleep tonight...it's like 5:31am here!!! argh...I am partially an insomniac, especially when I'm alone. It's kind of sad actually. Long story...

Anyways, thought I would post about my weightloss progress. The past week I will admit, I did slack off with the exercise, and did eat a few bad things...at restaurants! But (now) yesterday, and the couple days before, I have been trying to make up for it in order to get a decent weigh-in result for Wednesday! I found this workout DVD I had bought last year that I loved! It includes pilates and cardio, and I tried it again yesterday. It's this one:

I added this DVD workout to my already-existing night  workout routine. I think I will try to do this every other day or I will just get bored too easily. I was thinking of switching between this DVD and my Zumba workout videos every other day to avoid repetition and boredom. Let's see how that goes!

Anyways, I wanted to post about my recent bikini body shot videos. I really hate that they get more unwanted attention  than my other videos. First of all, I feel humiliated and embarrassed to even show myself like that! And thus, I don't need random guys telling me to "show more," or  "you're looking good already", or any other comment that seems like they are "hitting on me." I'm not on YT to be an exhibitionist, guys. I am on YT to make friends, to be part of an amazing weightloss community, and to document my weightloss. I just wish that videos showing more skin didn't get more views than my actual talking videos. Okay, I know I'm not the greatest speaker (I'm super shy, and say "ummm" alot) but I put a lot of effort in all my videos, especially the ones where I do more than show myself in a bikini.

Also, I have read other comments on bikini challenge members videos, and I get so annoyed. It's mostly from the same people too...telling the girls to show their face with the bikini. Like...WHY DOES IT MATTER? They are not making those videos for your own amusement--they are making it for the challenge, and for themselves! I'm also annoyed with the videos that show up on my YT homepage that some of my viewers "favourite" and "like": the ones of random girls dancing in barely anything, or girls who are getting fat on purpose to please their viewers. I'm sorry, but to me that is so disturbing. I cringe just looking at the thumbnails. And I know that these are the guy viewers who are watching those type of videos.

I am grateful for all my subscribers, but I just hope they are watching me for the same reason I post videos in the first place, if that makes sense.

Just a rant, sorry guys. This has been on my mind for awhile.