Weekly Rant

My eyes are different shapes.
As in one of my eyelids opens up a little more than the other.

Its not too noticeable, but I find that when Im having a conversation with someone, occasionally they have an epiphany and release the difference. I don't mind this because, hey, people are curious and they have never said it was a bad thing. The one thing that I do mind is when someone asks me about it anonymously. 

As some people know, Facebook has an app called "honesty box". Its basically where you can write something about someone, they will get it anonymously, you can reply ect. I have literally gotten 5 posts where people have asked me why my eyes are different shapes. COME ON PEOPLE, I will not get mad when someone asks me, the first time it happened, I explained why, and asked them to tell me why they asked in the first place. Same goes for the next 3, but the 5th time it happened I just gave up and replied:

"WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME IN PERSON", they then replied with...

"I don't really know you, I was looking at your pictures and I want to know WHY".

REALLY... "I don't really know you".... then why do you care??? I decided it wasn't worth the effort to start an argument, so I just told her why, and asked who it was... I never got a reply back. However, I want to know why its such a big deal... I understand why you want to know... but why CANT you just ask me? I wont bitch or anything... GOD 

And so ends my weekly rant.

BLACK FRIDAY *updated

Cue the scary music... yes its that time of year again.... BLACK FRIDAY. Well at least for other people, I haven't left the house yet. I know what your thinking, yes I am extremely lazy, at least today. Im so lazy, I don't have the motives to write a real post... Enjoy this funny video instead:





UPDATE: I just left the house to get chinese, DE-licious! Lets go eat crab rangoons NOW.

Happy Happy Thanksgiving

You know what there should be, some Thanksgiving songs, I mean there are plenty of Christmas, Hanukah, and I guess Easter songs if you count the religious stuff. There are even Valentines songs, and Halloween, but NO thanksgiving... Well there is that Adam Sandler one...
http://www.hulu.com/watch/110962/saturday-night-live-update-sandler-thanksgiving-song
Anyways... Happy Thanksgiving, I am proud to say I didn't eat any meat. This massive feat wasn't very hard seeing as I watched Food Inc. this morning which was AMAZING, but disturbing....

God, Im surprised I ate any food at all today...  Im also an extreme hypochondriac, so most of my thoughts while watching it consisted of 
"AHH I HAVE SALMONELLA!" or "I MOST DEFIANTLY HAVE E-COLI!!"


Well enjoy stuffing your faces with food, and if your planning on waking up at an INSANE hour of the morning tomorrow, HAVE FUN! Ill be sleeping, hopefully E-coli/salmonella free.

AHH

I am absolutely terrified of cats. Yes this is a strange fear. Yes I have a back story


When I was about 10ish I was living with my mother and sister in a real old house. Were talking like 1800's here people. Anyways It had scary as shit basement that came out into the kitchen and had an opening through a creepy unlocking door with no hinge that could be pushed open. This door was in the garage.
It was trash day and Little Lili just went to sleep, my mother put out the trash for the next day and DIDN'T close the garage door, (now keep in mind we lived in a small safe area of town). Everything was going fine until about 3am when some SCARY shit started getting REAL.
I awoke to loud meowing noises, and then felt weight on my legs. I immediately awoke and looked at the intruder, IT WAS A BLACK CAT, it also had scary eyes like cats do. 
I was traumatized so I ran into my mothers room, and she chased the cat out of the house with a broom.
Turns out that the evil demon crept into my house through the basement door, up the stairs, into the kitchen, then went up ANOTHER flight of stairs, into my room (which was one of 3 rooms it could have gone into), and then on to MY BED. What the hell.
I guess cats are out to get me.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH

....and that my friends is why I am scared of cats. 


FIN

HIPSTERS AND HP

Its the moment we have all been waiting for....
HARRY POTTER 7.1!!

I went to see this on saturday night with a friend for the 7:40 showing at the local popular movie theatre. We arrived 20 minutes early AND we got the third row in the house.... we probably should have gotten their earlier, but the movie was JUST AMAZING.
The camera shots in the beginning were just awesome, SO ARTSY. The camera angles, the light ahh yes. 
Almost everything in the book was in the movie! There was also WAY more humor than I was expecting... Well at least I was laughing... I loved what they did with the action, and there were many intense moments. I was just a little bit worried that with all the CGI creatures coming back into the movie would be a little.... I don't know... weird.... but IT WASN'T! There were some parts that were a bit questionable, but other than that...
The only really bad part was when we were walking out of the theatre and these two stupid ass girls were walking behind us, they were commenting on how BAD the movie was and how they should have gone to see... MEGAMIND. What the fuck, I seriously have never wanted to punch someone more. But I got over it.
Anywayzzz, I was bored the other day, looking around wiki-how for things to do because thats what I do, when I came across this article.


How to Be a Hipster


I was reading away, when the thought crossed my mind... "could I be a hipster??" 
My answer: defiantly maybe.
The article reads as follows (my comments will be in blue)

Hipsters live a lifestyle that is purportedly against the mainstream culture and are typically in their teens to late twenties.DONE
A hipster can be identified by his/her choices of clothing, music, coffee shop, home decor, and even vocabulary. The tendency is to be steeped in "indie" culture and to dress in a "bohemian" style. Well I wear a lot of flowery things not necessarily 'bohemian'

1. 1
   Gain a strong sense of ironic and sarcastic humor. when asked a question, refuse to answer directly, and instead answer with an obvious lie. [for example: (while in a movie theater. something cool just happened onscreen) "oh my god, that was so cool. did you see that?" "no, i paid 8 dollars to come here and stare at the ceiling."] in answering, you can choose whether or not to use a sarcastic tone. but please note that when you don't use a sarcastic tone while saying something sarcastically, the recipient of your sarcasm can mistake your sarcasm for honesty.    I admit to this, just the other day my sister was commenting on how I'm sarcastic... I also have a self proclaimed dry sense of humor.
2. 2
   Knowledge of obscure music is crucial to becoming a true hipster. If you are into any mainstream music at the current time (ex:Flo Rida, Rihanna, Akon, Britney Spears, Taylor Swift, etc.) throw it all away. Don't even donate it. (you can, however listen to mainstream muscan do to yourself as a hipster, you can go on to independent music which is what all real hipsters listen to. The artists and groups are endless. (one good way to decipher whether or not an artist is Hipster, is for you to like them, and for your non-Hipster friends to have never heard of them.) Hipster artists of note include Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Belle & Sebastian, Electric President, Stray Kites, Jens Lekman, Neutral Milk Hotel, Grateful Dead, M83, Neon Indian, Neon Neon, Margot & The Nuclear So and Sos, and King Khan and the Shrines. Music blogs like Gorilla vs. Bear, and Stereogum may help you with this. Meeting people who are already into these bands will help you as well. Perhaps the most popular hipster music website is pitchforkmedia.com. If they give an album a good rating, it must be quite hip.        I have been accused of liking music no one has ever heard of (well at least in my culturally diverse high school (there goes the sarcasm again) I also have several Grizzly Bear albums, as well as Belle & Sebastian ECT. I'm pretty sure I have mentioned how much I hate mainstream music with a burning passion.
3. 3
   Namedrop often. Talk about all the obscure bands you like that nobody you know has heard of. When your friends talk about a band you're unfamiliar with, just say you've heard of them but not actually heard them. Look them up the next time you have a chance to. It'll give you more cred.                                                      Haven't really done this a lot... SHOULD I??? EDUCATE ME MY HIPSTER FANS!
4. 4
   Insult a lot of bands. If you love everything you'll seem like a fanatic. Make sure to give off a vibe that you are too cool and elite for a lot of bands. the coolest 
5. 5
   Remember to use perhaps the most important hipster line: "I liked them before they were cool."                                                                                      Guilty
6. 6
   In addition, if you would like to seem more educated and elite there is the key phrase " I liked their first Ep, but pretty much after that i never got into them."                                                                                                           I have never used this phrase EVER.
7. 7
   Fashion is just about as important as your music taste is. Generally, people assume hipsters to shop in thrift stores in attempt to looking vintage. This is really not the case to being a true hipster. If you don't think you can pull off the vintage look as well, don't worry. Anything from the American Apparel catalog will do just fine, but buying anything from American Apparel from an actual American Apparel store is not cool, man! You have to buy it from indipendant retailers like aBasicAttire.bigcartel.com, because supporting obscure and little known retailers is totally deck.. The classic "Skinny Jean" is essential to looking hip. Hipsters love ironic eyewear such as shuttershades, oversized plastic framed glasses, Buddy Holly glasses, nerd glasses, and for the ones who can afford it authentic Ray Ban Wayfarers of all the colors of the rainbow. Some of the hipsters wear eyeglasses even though they have 20/20 vision! Guy hipsters actually probably wear skinny jeans more than the girls. Basically, the tighter, the better. Now tops aren't as big of an ordeal as pants are. Ironic tees, plaid shirts, berets, large flower headbands, neon nail polish, bird necklaces, gingham, plaid, checkered, vintage floral cardigan sweaters, fit hoodies, patterned and colorful leggings are all part of the hipster phenomena, especially when they layer/wear them all together without matching exactly. Wool is the fabric of choice. But make sure your pants are tight. Alternatively, for women, high-wasted pants (aka: "mom jeans") may also be worn. Appropriately ironic accessories are mandatory. Essentials include a courier bag (not a backpack) that can fit your MacBook, iPhone, and vinyl LPs (*never* CDs) of your current favorite band. Urban Outfitters,H&M and American Apparel are good places to start. ASOS also has many hip pieces. For inspiration check out Lookbook [www.lookbook.nu] or CobraSnake. Also important is a fixed-gear bicycle with skinny tires, genuine Brooks leather saddle and no front brake.                                                             I have ray bans in multiple colors, as well as hippie sunglasses I have worn in public, I LOVE H&M and absolutely despise stores like Hollister, A&F (don't even get me started) I also have large flowered headbands, plaid, and NEVER, EVER wear loose pants.
8. 8
   Food. Start growing your own food. Use compost if possible. If you have absolutely no space to do this, go to a natural foods market instead. Eating meat isn't exactly popular with the hipster culture. If you do eat meat, you must assert that choice as a cynical transcendence of vegetarians' futile attempts to save the world— your sense of irony has already deemed that movement obsolete. Fruit, coffee, oriental food, etc are all hip foods. Technically, they are all a bunch of foodies and love making gourmet meals. You can't really go wrong with lunch from Whole Foods. Many hipsters tend to be vegetarian or vegan.                               
9. 9
   It takes a brave hipster to start dancing. In fact, if you want to spot a hipster, just turn around the next time you are at a show and see them standing in the back discussing Stella or PBR in a can. Sometimes, if the music and setting is right, you will witness Hipsters engaging in dance movements. Hipster dancing, if done right, does not use so much of the hips as it does the upper body and arms. Lots of swinging your head back and forth. Remember to only do this if you are not humiliated easy. Although you will rarely see hipsters dancing at shows, they tend to enjoy separate dance parties where they can dance to an array of more upbeat hipster dance music. I HATE dancing, I am so awkward at it, when I move, I look like a dumbass.
10. 10
    Female hipsters love to use Tumblr, Blogspot or Wordpress taking photos with their Holga cameras of cross-processed and "dreamy-like" pictures of themselves in a field, by the ocean, in forests, in their hipster rooms. Usually it is to express their desire for beautiful and soft vintage things that is reflected in their photography. A lot of them have pictures of their feet for some odd reason. If you know of a hipster girl that knows the terms "re-blog" or "follow me on blogspot" then that's definitely one of the indicators of a female hipster.               Well this one is self explanitory... WHAT AM I DOING NOW? blogging. 
11. 11
    Denial. Until recently, hipsters would never call themselves hipsters. On the contrary, they tended to deny their "hipster-ness" at each possible turn. Nowadays, some hipsters are extending their sense of irony to include even themselves— acknowledging and mocking their own hipsterdom. While this may seem enlightened, it— like much of hipster culture— is a preemptive strike: if they mock themselves first, nobody else can do it later.                                           I guess I am in denial, after that article....
12. 12
    Location. It is very important you live near a large population of hipsters or else you will not be able to show off how hip you are. Brooklyn is known as the unofficial hipster capital of the world, hence, the best place to be. Places like Glasslands and Pianos will be right up your alley. Some hipsters love Chicago, because it's cold and dreary like a true hipsters attitude towards life. Los Angeles is also acceptable but be careful not to get sucked into the California culture. Other hipster dreamscapes are other parts of New York City, San Francisco, Portland, OR, Seattle, and any moderately large college town that is the only liberal part of the state such as Austin, TX or Lawrence, KS.                                              Sadly, this is my one fault, however the small seacoast town that I live in has a few hipsters walkin' around, drinkin' coffee at the coffee shop, ridin' their bikes over the cobble stones.               
13. 13
    News. Know what's going on at all times within the hipster community. When some new, obscure band is on Pitchfork (preferably before), you should know about it. Check out Brooklyn Vegan (even if you don't live there), Stereogum, Gorilla vs. Bear, and the Hype Machine as often as possible, but don't make it obvious that you check them every five seconds.                                                     Not yet.

• TIPS
• Don't watch MTV all the time. You shouldn't use it as a way to find out about music. Maybe watching some trashy reality show will be seen as ironic. Eh, the one thing I do watch is teen mom. Gotta love that drama
  Converse are no longer universal. They look great and you can wear them pretty much anywhere, but so is everyone else. Doc Martens or any other kind of vintage shoes are better. If it's trainers you're after see Classic Reeboks or Vans. For girls, heels aren't completely popular but feel free to wear them. Cute sandals, Keds, boots, and granny boots are not only more practical but also show how "little" effort you've put in. I love me some boots.
• Rather than going to Starbucks for coffee, go to a local shop or make your own at home to boost up your hipster cred.
• Use made up words as often as possible. Or actually do some reading and use real words that no one really knows the meaning of unless they look the words up. (examples: pulchritudinous, cordiform, and petrichor.)
• Go to shows. The more...the better.
• Do your own hair. DONE AND DONE
• Don't drive an expensive car. Don't even own a car at all. It is a waste of gas and money. Ride a bike instead - make it a fixed or single gear bike. DONE AND DONE
• Many hipsters are interested in "geeky" subjects", like philosophy or film criticism. If you find things like that interesting, it increases one's hipster cred to bring them up in conversation.
• It is common for hipsters to play instruments, and starting a band of your own is a great way to showcase your love of independent music. I have been playing piano for years, guitar for about one year. 

• WARNINGS
• The goal of being a hipster is to look like you're not trying, however, if you are one, you are probably trying really hard, or at least enough.  Well this is where the controversy begins, am I trying to hard by posting this article on my blog... or am I just releasing my hipster qualities and asking for confirmation... HMMM
• People may not believe you when you say you liked something before it was popular, and they're usually right. Ex. I have told my friends time and time again I knew Gym Class Heroes before MTV, and they believe it's too "rappy" for my taste.
• Don't take this guide too seriously, instead see it as a set of guidelines. Hipsters pride themselves on their independence from the mainstream. Answer to the question above?
• Please note that the hipster, although against the mainstream, are usually can usually be denoted as trendy as most hipsters all dress and act pretty much in uniform. If you are a hipster, chances are that there are hundreds of other people just like you.  FANTASTIC, now, get me a hipster boyfriend.

CREDZ go to Wiki-How.com

The 6 Stages of Waking Up

The 6 Stages of Waking Up


1- BLISS
If you have a quiet alarm you know what Im talking about, its those 4 seconds where you don't know whats going on, your just laying around not a care in the world, but then...


2- ANGER 
You realize whats going on, reality comes back to you and you realize that the song on the radio you are listing to is actually sung by Ke$ha. Visions of last night dance back into your head and you shake your angry fist at the world for waking you out of the blissful sleep coma.


3- ACCEPTANCE
When you accept that the world is not all bad, the song changes into something good, and perhaps you are lulled back to sleep. If not you think about waking up.


4-ANNOYENCE 
UGH who wants to get out of bed, its warm, soft and the ONLY place you can see yourself being right now, you are SO annoyed that you have to get out, and do whatever people do in the morning.


5- SITTING UP
You finally drag your dead body up into a sitting position, and contemplate the feeling of when your feet touch the cold ground... shiver...


6- WALKING
Yes you have finally done it you are up around and WALKING. Congratulations, you can now start your morning the Lili way. 

Movie Reviews: Morning Glory

As many of you have guessed, I love me some movies. Action, comedy, drama, romance ect. I just don't like romantic comedies... Theres just something about the OOPS love is sooo funny and Im so quirky but this person likes me anyways giggle tee he he, business that is STUPID. But as for a romantic comedy goes, this one wasn't that bad, I mean there were some moments when I wanted to throw up at the sappiness, but it wasn't a continuing nausea through the whole film that some movies have, SUCH AS:

THE BACK UP PLAN

Oh god this movie is probably one of the worst movies I have ever seen... oh god, oh god, back to...

MORNING GLORY

From going in I hoped that there would be some music on track that actually didn't want to make me groan loudly and scream at the screen, perhaps maybe an oasis reference... yes yes? NO it was all "girl power" Im awesome, pop culture hits, and that slow piano romantic crap when the story gets "sad"... but that was my biggest complaint. The acting was great, I thought, Harrison Ford was good, so was Rachel McAdams and Diane Keaton. The middle parts were REALLY FUNNY. The ending you could see coming from 948793 miles away and predictable. BUT still an overall great romantic comedy if you like that stuff. On a scale of one to good, its a good. Stay tuned for next weekends review of HARRY POTTER! I am sooooo excited, on a scale of 1 to excited out of my mind, I am CRAZY EXCITED.

Laser Tag

So as you know (unless you have been living under a rock for 2 weeks), halloween was last weekend. I was a hippie, to finish off the look I bought myself some sweet Lennon glasses for the occasion. They have gold frames and blue tinted glass. I'm pretty obsessed with these glasses ....

There's something satisfying about putting these babies on and just basking in that groovy hippie glow. I don't know, maybe I have been smoking too much hippie weed... JUST KIDDING... this one's not into drugs.

This weekend, was my little sister's birthday party, I was one of the chaperones, the plan involved going to one of those small children's casino and laser tag places.

This is one cool dude 

When I walked in, my senses were immediately blinded by the smell of terrible pizza and the glare of bright flashing lights. My sister's pre-pubescent friends swarmed around me like a swarm of hollister-clad bees. There were arcade games all around promising tickets that you can trade in for crappy prizes and probably made of radioactive wastes from Hong Kong. Little caucasian children played all around, because hey, New Hampshire is about as racially diverse as an Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue. I endured the casino torture minus the smoke for a while, but then the real fun came: laser tag.


We corralled the children into a dark room where all your white clothes glowed because of the backlight on the celling. I endured a 5 minute long video on tagging safety which included: NO RUNNING. NO RUNNING??? What is this place? How are you supposed to laser tag it up when there's NO RUNNING????? Well, I put on my flashing, bulky, sweat drenched vest, and picked up my gun, ready for battle. There was two levels to this laser tag gaming area so I headed upstairs to shoot down. To my surprise, SEVERAL 10 year olds boys had already claimed the area, and they told me... I wasn't allowed to come up... WASN'T ALLOWED?? I paid good money for this and ill go where I want motherfuckas. Seriously... anyway I GOT MY ASS KICKED that night, running around like a crazy person, being chased by children, being shot at with beams of light. OH GOD.


It was some flippin sweet fun though... lets go back for a rematch little children... lets go back.

Im Back...

Hello people, guess what.... Im back... yes thats right, midterms are over, I have been washed ashore out of the midterm sea.

As all you beautiful movie people out there know.... the 7th Harry Potter Movie is ALMOST HERE!

In order to prepare for the glorious occasion I started reading the book... again... and let me tell you I felt like the coolest person ON EARTH this weekend, you know reading away like a good harry potter nerd. 

I love Harry Potter, I have been reading the books since fourth grade, and seen all the movies, but I am not one of those people who go around casting spells and whatnot, because that would be... questionable... and I probably wouldn't get a man until the age of 25.

AND for the record, Harry Potter is one million times better than Twilight... done and done.

This movie is going to be pretty amazing, it has... 

1-DRAMA

oh yes so much drama, conflict, danger..ooooo

2-ACTION

magic battle scenes... YES

3-EMOTION

I love when tough characters cry....

Well after this harry potter nerdy excitement fest, I went to the mall on Sunday to H+M and updated my closet with this seasons latest trends, which seam to include large sweaters and red mini skirts. Anyway when I was walking around, someone asked me if I worked there, I was flattered. I am questionably proud that I can live up to the H+M stylish bitch standard. I know what your thinking, this is the best story ever and I should probably tell it at parties to get props... believe me I KNOW. 

By the way, simple explanations regular posting schedule has been REINSTATED, wizards and stylish bitches rejoice! 

 

Hey Errybody

Hey Errybody, sorry I haven't been updating as much as the usual. Its midterms week and I am swimming in a choppy sea of projects tests, and insanity. This weekend/next week will be back to the normal rants and shenanigans....