Ohhhhh yes, another glorious No Makeup Sunday is upon us yet again…thank freaking GAWD. Today is my all time favorite day of the week. No makeup, sweats, and best friend time with my darling Kate. What could be better? Nothing, that’s what. Today’s hang out is a special day because Kate has an interview for an internship with a marketing company tomorrow, so everyone be sure to wish her luck! For the occasion I got her some sweet little pick me up treats at Tuesday Morning. I don’t know if that store is just an Ohio thing, but it’s pretty fabulous. I went yesterday with my parents and it was a blast. Tuesday Morning is kind of like TJMaxx but for home goods and decorations and whatnot. Here’s a PicStitch of what I picked up for my boothang:
Isn’t that adorable?! I saw the Paris themed journal and it screamed “KATE” at me, so of course I had to get it. Then when I saw the quirky book box I thought it would be the perfect thing to stow the journal away in. And the best part about this gift? I won’t give you an exact amount, but I paid less than twenty dollars for it, which is amazing considering I feel like these look pretty expensive. So needless to say, if there’s a Tuesday Morning in your neck of the woods, make sure you check it out!
During No Makeup Sunday tonight Kate is being kind enough to help me out with my math homework, which I should have done at some point during my week off for spring break but decided not to…whoops! Thank goodness Kate’s a math whiz, especially because I have a quiz the day I come back to class this Tuesday. #gross Today is my last day of my spring break, and I’m so happy that I get to spend it No Makeup Sunday style! Yesterday I had an unexpectedly good day as well. I had a lovely afternoon with my parents, which hasn’t happened in a while. I forgot to mention that my mom and dad have started taking ballroom dancing classes and it’s basically the cutest thing ever. I love watching them practice their steps together. More importantly, I love watching them get mad at each other when a toe gets stepped on! It’s so precious to watch, I can’t even begin to describe it! If Dancing With The Middle Class were a TV show my parents would take home the mirror ball trophy for sure! Yesterday evening I got coffee with one of my evil exes (but not quite an ex since we never “officially” dated, but you get the point). Anyways, it went a lot better than I expected it to go, so I guess that’s cool. This dude owed me a major apology and it felt good to actually hear it in real life rather than via a text message or whatever. I’m pretty ambivalent about it either way, but we’ll see.
^^^ Today is promising to be a beautiful day, so naturally it calls for my favorite song in the whole wide world! I hope all of you guys have a fabulous Sunday doing whatever it is that you do! Make sure you drop by and leave Kate some good luck love for her internship interview in the comments! Any questions or concerns? I’d love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
Whatup crew! Happy Friday!! In the immaculate words of R. Kelly “it’s the freakin weekend, baby I’m about to have me some fun.” Mwahaha
SO, it’s Friday and Lil Red is shockingly feeling really good. I haven’t been completely honest with you guys, because some major bullshit happened this week that I haven’t filled you in on. But rest assured, that I’m a-okay and that when the situation mulls over you better believe I’ll be discussing it with my usual dry wit and dark humor of a girl who loves to hate everything. I’m actually pretty pleased with myself and the indifference I managed to have about this less than ideal matter. I didn’t cut and honestly didn’t even think about doing it once…so snaps for me!!!! Despite some stupidity speed bumps in the road, it’s been a pretty good spring break. I procrastinated A LOT on homework, but I somehow still managed to get a ton done. I wish I could explain to you how that happened! I had a lot of really nice R&R time during my week off, and it was delightful – there’s seriously nothing better than having nothing on your agenda for the day. Asides from hanging out with the few people who I don’t completely despise, I was able to indulge in rereading one of my all time favorite books, Gentlemen & Players by Joanne Harris. If you know how to read and enjoy fantastic literature, do yourselves a favor and read this book! This is my third time rereading it, and it still managed to find ways to shock me. So amazing.
Because now isn’t the best time to zone you in on my most recent misfortune this week, this post is just a short and sweet one to welcome you to the weekend! I’m not quite sure yet what the weekend holds for me, but I do know that my family is getting Pizza Hut tonight for dinner, and I’m more excited about that than probably anything. Is that bad? Ha! Hopefully a little bit of white girl wastedness will happen before I have to go back to school. And more importantly, hopefully I work up the nerve to get my last homework assignments done! 😉
I hope all of you have a fabulously fun weekend doing whatever it is that you do! It’s finally feeling quite spring-like in good ol’ Akron, Ohio with temperatures in the fifties! I broke out my first maxi dress of the season today and I’m feeling so happy about it!!! I’m so excited to wear dresses without tights, shorts, and skirts but I’m really not looking forward to shaving my legs. -_- #fml. What are you guys up to this weekend? Any fun plans? I’d love to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
^^ I’ve been listening to Metric all afternoon, so enjoy! Could Emily Haines please stop being a total babe now? #havemercy!!!
Heavens to Betsy, crew. The old girl is dying over here!! Lil Red is absolutely exhausted. If you recall from yesterday, I had a rude 8 AM text message awakening, so I was super wiped out from that. One would think that I would have had the sleep of the heavens last night, but unfortunately that was not the case. I had the worst caffeine headache of all time yesterday night from drinking hella coffee all day. On top of my head feeling like it was getting hit repeatedly by a brick, my stomach was in knots as well. I was super nauseous while I was trying to sleep, so I spent a nice fifteen minutes or so in the bathroom just hanging out and dry heaving. It was a lot of fun, you should all try it sometime. Anyways, I got back into bed completely wide awake and proceeded to toss and turn for a solid three hours until I finally fell asleep around two. Before I zonked out I experienced every annoying thing that could happen when you’re trying to fall asleep: Being too hot, being too cold, having to pee, wanting something to drink, having to pee again from the drink, the list goes on and on. I had to get up at nine today to get ready to take my brother to work and I was not refreshed AT ALL! In fact, I felt like a bigger hot wreck today than I did yesterday….and I was a hot asswreck yesterday. I swear guys, if I don’t sleep well tonight, I give up on Friday because I know I’ll be such a miserable bitch! Lord have mercy on a Lil Red! And do you wanna know the major kicker in all of this trauma? MY BELLYBUTTON IS STILL INFECTED!!!! My pasty pale stomach is never gonna feel sunlight on it again because I can’t wear crop tops with my bellybutton looking like a war zone! It literally looks like someone launched a grenade into my bellybutton hole, leaving only redness, dry skin, and destruction. #FML So it’s safe to say Lil Red has had a tough few days, but I’m gonna keep on truckin as usual through the shit show that I fondly refer to as my life. 😉
You might be asking yourself why the title of this post is called “Heavens To Betsy” and I’ll tell ya why: There are some fantastic, underrated phrases that aren’t being used nearly enough in the English language and I wanna make them a thing ASAP! To elaborate further, here’s a list of my personal favorite phrases that I’m hoping will hit mainstream lingo in the near future:
“Level with me”: This phrase is my number one favorite. The day I hear “Level with me, Sarah…do you want high heels or wedges for your birthday?” will be the happiest day of my life. And to answer that question….wedges please!
“Big deal”: This is a good one!! I love how blaize it sounds. “Sarah, I had an allergic reaction to a bee sting today.” “BIG DEAL!” 🙂
“Heavens to Betsy”: It speaks for itself. “Sarah, I had an allergic reaction to another bee sting today.” “Heavens to Betsy that’s twice in one day!”
Referring to yourself as “the old girl”: Ladies, I beg of you to start using this one. So 40’s fabulous I can’t even! Say “you sure know how to make the old girl swoon” to your beau and watch him or her crumble under your charm!! You’re welcome!
Oh yes, there are certainly some winners listed above, and I urge all of you to work them into your daily vernacular. And if the haters question them and the man gets you down, you just send them Lil Red’s way! 😉 While you mull over these phrases, here’s some tunes for you to enjoy!
So what are some quirky, fun, and fabulous phrases that you like to pepper your vocabulary with? I’d love to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Have a great night! -Sarah
A little known fact about Lil Red is that there’s a secret five year old trapped inside of me that comes out when I’m tired or hungry. Today I had the misfortune of being rudely awakened at eight in the morning by a text from the last person I wanted to hear from, on my spring break none of the less! I was so genuinely angry by this that I just couldn’t fall back asleep, so I’ve been awake and miserable since eight o’clock today. Let me bring you up to speed, I have a really difficult time falling asleep, even with the help of the sleeping medicine I’m on, so if I don’t get an above average amount of sleep every night I turn into an awful human being. You know how when little kids get over tired and they turn into total grouchy nightmares? That’s exactly how I am. 1) I’m exhausted. 2) When I don’t sleep enough, my pills will carry into the day, turning me into a zombie. So today I’ve been running on pure coffee and cigarettes, and all it’s done is make me nauseous and a hot wreck. My fuel of champions has totally curbed my appetite, so by the time I got around to shoe shopping with the lovely Miss Kate this afternoon, I was completely shutting down. I couldn’t even enjoy shoe shopping…and you guys know how much I love shoe shopping. It genuinely made my heart hurt. When I start feeling the evil combo of being tired and hungry, it’s the most indescribable feeling of terrible. It’s like the feeling of an oncoming flu that can only be cured by sleeping for twelve hours straight and eating until your body can’t take it anymore. Luckily I got a little fuel in me of the best kind because Kate and I got froyo after shopping, which was just what I needed. I got vanilla froyo with a lot of fruit on it and it was like the nectar of the gods. It was so sweet and refreshing and enough to make me feel like I wasn’t going to pass out at any second. It’s pathetic guys, like I got home from my lovely afternoon outing with the intention to take a nice hot bath, but by the time I got undressed I was so drained that the last thing I needed was a soak in scalding water. All that would probably do is make me dizzy anyways. And do you wanna know the real cherry on top of this no good very bad day? MY BELLYBUTTON IS INFECTED! So gross, I know, but it’s a story that must be told. SO, I rarely change my bellybutton jewelry because no one every really sees it but me, but with spring on the horizon I thought it would be fun to invest in some new jewelry since crop top season is among us. I don’t really care for very fancy jewelry, so I just snagged a few from Hot Topic. I’ve only ever worn silver jewelry, but I opted for a very cute gold one (and I know it’s not real silver or gold haha) and was super excited to put it in. Unfortunately after about a day of wearing it, my skin got insanely irritated – and it wasn’t just the skin around my piercing that I’ve had for over five years it was my ENTIRE bellybutton. It was inflamed, sore, and it burned like THE DICKENS!! Thankfully I’m on some antibiotics now that have helped immensely even in the day and a half of being on them. Moral of the story: I’m a hot ass wreck. Second moral of the story: Never EVER buy gold colored bellybutton jewelry EVER. Le sigh. I need sleep, Taco Bell, and more sleep stat. Tonight is a Netflix and eating hella food in bed night if I’ve ever seen one! So while I’m wallowing in self pity, please enjoy these fabulous tunes that I’ve been jamming to all day:
^^^ Ugh. I adore quirky-cute Courtney Barnett too much. Such a fun artist!
Alright crew, I hope your day was better than mine! I need some Netflix suggestions, so if you’ve been watching anything good leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -A very sleepy Sarah 😦
Whatupppp. First and foremost, Happy Monday. Secondly, welcome to my week of spring break/killin the game! I have been getting SO much homework done, and it’s been so fulfilling! I never thought I would live to see the day that I would be saying that! In my College Composition II course we have a big final research paper that’s due at the end of the semester. I thought that my spring break would be the perfect time to get a leg up on all of the work so that I’m not scrambling around like a chicken without its head on during the final days before the paper is due. For the paper we had to pick a problem in the good ol’ USA and what we suggest should be done to solve it. I chose to write about why there should be stricter policies for bullying in schools. I’ll tell you what guys, I’ve read some very sick shit these past few days of finding resources. It’s definitely put a damper on my day already…for godsakes it’s only 1:30 in the afternoon and I feel like I need a drink! Despite how upsetting the topic is, it has proven to be very interesting. I’m just happy that I’m getting a lot done so I can relax a bit around the end of the semester, because I sold my soul to summer classes and god knows I’ll need a little R&R before those start. I registered last night to take Beginning Algebra II, Social Psychology, Intro to Sociology, and a history course. I’m not gonna lie, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed just thinking about it. The summer classes are going to move quickly, and I’m taking thirteen credit hours. I decided to take the next math course in my college journey since I’m already taking the first one now so everything will still be fresh in my noggin. I then opted for another psych class because I’m slaying my General Psychology course this semester. The Sociology course seems easy enough, so I feel like that one should be pretty stress free. And I enjoy history a lot so I shouldn’t have too much of a problem there. All of these courses other than math seem easy enough, so I figured I might as well get them out of the way now. The fact that the summer classes do move at a faster pace is intimidating, but because three out of the four classes I’m taking are things that I enjoy, I think that I should be fine. Fingers crossed anyways! And if I genuinely feel like I can’t handle it (which I doubt), I can always drop a class. It’s just kind of a bummer that the summer of my twenty-first birthday will be spent doing a butt load of school work. -__- But that’s okay, because my education is more important than getting white girl wasted will ever be…..I can’t believe I just said that. Hello, adulthood. Anyways, I’m not up to too much on my break, but that’s totally fine by me. It’s been so nice to stay up as late as I want, wake up whenever I want, not put on makeup, and spend all day watching Netflix. It’s honestly been a dream come true! I’ll definitely be up to some fun stuff this break though! The weather is warming up in good ol’ Akron, Ohio so leaving the house won’t be a complete pain in the ass. 😉 I have many coffee dates, hang outs, and a trip to the zoo planned so it should all be simply delightful. I also need to get some shopping done this break, because I have three birthdays coming up that I need to buy gifts for: both of my parents and my sister. I LOVE present shopping so it should be a good time! 😀
^^ I’ve been on a big Clay Your Hands Say Yeah kick as of late, so enjoy!
Well, this procrastination post has been fun, but I have a few more things to finish up before I can call it quits on school work for the day! Where are my fans of The Following at? How excited are you for the new episode tonight?! I for one can’t wait! What’s everyone up to today? Do you have a wild spring break story you can share with me? I’d love to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Have a great day! -Sarah
So let me ask you guys a question….is there such a thing as being “too” nice? I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about this in regards to myself, and my answer is a big fat YES. If you guys can’t tell from my posts, I’m a self proclaimed and told by everyone “sweetheart”. I would rather everyone in the room be happy before myself. This is a beautiful thing, and I would rather be walked all over than be a complete bitch. Unfortunately, this is getting me into trouble, because people love taking advantage of the sweet girl. Now don’t get it twisted, I’ll speak my mind and stand up for what I feel is right. I have no problem asserting myself when the time calls for it. My problem lies in giving people who don’t deserve it far too many second chances. As the saying goes, fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, go fuck yourself. I used to live by this saying constantly until a few months ago when one of my dumbass exes told me that I hold too many grudges with people. But the million dollar question is: Why wouldn’t I hold grudges against people who hurt me? Nine times out of ten in my life, the people who I give second chances to end up making the same mistake of being awful to me again, so why bother? Don’t think that I throw grudges around lightly, because I don’t. I’m not going to never talk to you again because you told me you hate The White Stripes. But if you repeatedly blow me off, or make me cry, or are just flat out mean, then why would I want to talk to you again? I need to get back into my “one strike you’re out” mentality again, because I’ve been getting fucked over time and time again by all of the people who attempt to weasel their way back into my life after they were in the wrong. All it’s doing is giving me a big headache, and I straight up don’t have the time for negative people in my life anymore. I just can’t do it. I can count the people who have never disappointed me on less than five fingers…but I’m content with that. As a matter of fact, I love that. It’s truly quality over quantity when it comes to my friends, and I wouldn’t trade these finest quality friendships for the world. So why do I feel the need to keep letting people come back for round two of making Sarah feel like shit? I guess because I’m such a people pleaser. I want people to like me. But you know what? That’s okay if they don’t. On my own personal journey to complete self acceptance, I have to learn that I can’t make everyone happy. The most important thing of all is if I’m happy. Taking care of yourself and keeping your own best interests in mind is NOT selfish. Honestly, it’s the best thing that I can be doing for myself right now. So to the people who had fun hurting me in the past and making me feel worthless and not good enough, let me be the first to say: BYE FELICIA!
As I sit here typing this with The Smiths playing in the background, my apple pumpkin candle burning, and sipping on my Diet Cherry 7UP, I’ve never felt so at peace with the decision to bring Operation One Strike You’re Out back in action. (#OSYO!!!!) Lil Red has got no time for negativity and refuses to let anyone stand in the way of her happiness. BOOM!
I hope all of you guys have a beautiful Sunday night and an even better week! Has there ever been a situation in your life where you felt you were being “too” nice? What did you do to handle it? I’d love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
Shoes. Make. Me. Happy. Seriously, nothing makes me feel better than adding a new pair of kicks to my ever growing collection. In the immortal words of Madonna “we are living in a material world and I am a material girl,” damnit! But lucky for my wallet, this material girl knows how to ball on a budget, because I got a gorgeous new pair of Madden Girl combat boots for twenty dolla holla today! Special shout out to Journey’s and their amazing winter sale for providing me with a guilt free splurge on an originally sixty dollar boot! Here’s a pic of my pretty new babies:
Ahhhh I love them so much it hurts! Tonight I hit up the mall with my sisters boyfriend Ramon to visit her at work at The Body Shop. It made my retail goddess heart swell with pride to see Kristen in my previous employment stomping grounds! After we hung out with my sis for a bit, Ramon and I did some shopping of our own. I contained myself on making any purchases at any of the clothing stores, which was super hard because everything was so damn cute! I thought that myself and my bank account were home free as Ramon and I started walking towards our exit, when of course, I got sidetracked at Journey’s. A few heels caught my eye and some of the sandals were cute, but when I saw my boots I had heart palpitations. I love Madden Girl shoes so much and when I saw the $19.99 sale price I knew that it was meant to be. When I slipped these bad boys on it was true love. The love was so pure and beautiful and stronger than I feel about most people. (Ha!) In my mind I was thinking “Sarah, you have like five pairs of combat boots at home.” BUT in my defense, my beloved favorite pair in the whole wide world is no longer wearable because the bottom of the shoe is tearing off completely. (I can’t bear to part with them though.) AND all of my other pairs are worn to the ground as well, and Lil Red refuses to wear them. They’re grungy in the gross way at this point, not in the cute 90’s grunge way. Anyways, once I mentally defended purchasing the shoes, I happily treated myself with my new addition to my collection. Best twenty dollars spent EVER! #treatyoself
I have the most delightful apple scented candle burning as I write this post and happy thoughts of all of the outfits my new boots can take part in….it’s glorious! Tonight was absolutely lovely, it was a perfect start to my spring break!! To officially kick off my week long freedom from school, white girl wastedness will probably take place tomorrow! AYYY!
I hope all of you have sweet dreams and make sure to sleep as much as you can since we’re losing an hour this weekend. -___- #UGH Do you guys have any wild and crazy plans coming up? What was your favorite ballin on a budget purchase? I’d love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! I leave you with a thought from one of the worst rappers alive, Riff Raff: “I was born to ball (on a budget!), whether it be hoopin or two door Bentley coopin.” The parenthesis were added by me, of course! Goodnight and much love! -Sarah
Hey! Good news, I’M ON SPRING BREAK!! But unfortunately, it doesn’t feel like spring quite yet in good ol’ Akron, Ohio (#represent) because there’s still an ungodly amount of snow on the ground. -___- Luckily, it’s warming up a little bit so fingers crossed that all of the snow blanketing my homeland will melt away pronto! All I want to do is wear a dress without tights, is that too much to ask for?! My sister Kristen and I went on a walk yesterday at one of Ohio’s lovely hiking trails the Beaver Marsh, and it was basically like trekking through the tundra. We were out of breath, tired, and slightly damp from throwing snowballs at each other…but we managed! Here’s a few PicStitch collages that I created of our excursion:
Now you guys might be thinking “that looks so pretty and picturesque!” But I’m thinking “this snow better fucking melt ASAP before I loose my mind.” I’m experiencing spring fever like no other and the only prescription is green grass and sunshine. Akron is truly a winter wonderland of AWFUL right now and I’m so over it it hurts! I have hella homework to finish up before I can fully enjoy my break of sitting around and doing nothing, so like I mentioned in my last post, I’ll be M.I.A. minus a few short and sweet entries. So this is me checking in and wishing you all a fantastic day! This is also me procrastinating a little bit before I buckle down and do some math homework….at least I’m honest! OH btw, I got the first math test we took back today and I got a B!!!! I’ll take it! YAY SARAH!
Well, I must be off, so I will talk to you all very soon! But before I go, what’s the weather like where you’re at right now? If it’s sunny and warm, I’m jealous of you by default. Do any of you have any wild spring break plans? I’d love to hear from all of you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
PS: My featured image is a lovely view of my sister from behind! Nice ass! 😉
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! One more week of class and then Lil Red is on spring break! My first spring break as a college student! :’) I don’t have any fancy or exciting plans, but that’s okay because a break is a break is a break. I suppose I do have some plans, that is if sleeping, eating lots of Taco Bell, and binge watching Netflix counts as plans. But that all sounds pretty pathetic….so I guess I plan on being pathetic – and I’m SO okay with that! Mama needs it! Not too much is new and crazy, but I do have some fun pictures to share with you guys while I take a break from stupid math homework. (Speaking of math, I’m doing shockingly good in my class! All of the stuff I’m learning right now is SO much easier than I remember it being in high school, thank gawd!) Yesterday I had a beautiful afternoon hanging out with my friend, Neva whom I’m sure you guys know all about from previous posts about her. Of course we had to take a selfie, so here’s us being fabulous divas as usual:
I love her :*) Seeing Miss Neva yesterday was a real treat, because she drew a lovely portrait of me! Neva loves art, specifically drawing and painting and she’s wanted to do a picture of me for forever, so yesterday we finally sat down and she drew me! It was so sweet, and I was all smiles the whole time. Once she finishes painting it, I’ll be sure to post a picture for your viewing pleasure. It was a much needed afternoon of girl talk and good old fashioned tom foolery. We had an absolute ball! 🙂
After a fun visit with my BFF, I had some hang out time at home before I headed over to Ramon’s (my sisters boyfriends) house to watch the season three premiere of The Following with them. The premiere was fantastic, as I expected and of course Kevin Bacon was looking fine as hell! ME-OW! Whenever I’m the third wheel to my favorite couple, cuteness always seems to happen between Kristen and Ramon. I decided to capture this first hand, as well as a disgusted reaction from myself. 😉
^^^ FOREVER ALONE FACE!!!!!! Hahaha, they’re so precious, and I’m so single – but that’s a-okay with me because as the saying goes: “I’m a strong, independent woman who don’t need NO man!” This pic has become an instant classic on Facebook and the source of hysterical laughter for me and Kristen. #foreveralone #singleandsomewhatreadytomingle
I may be M.I.A. for a bit this week because I have quite a bit done before I can finally settle down for my break next week. However, I’ll try and post as often as I can, even if it’s just something short and sweet like today! OH and good news! Remember how I told you guys that my computer broke and I’ve had to use a super shitty old computer for homework and blogging? WELL, my computer got fixed and it’s ready to be picked up, so Lil Red will no longer be tearing out her beloved locks out of frustration! Huzzah!
Alright crew, I hope you have a fabulous rest of your day! Did any of you guys watch the season premiere of The Following? What did you think of it? I’d love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Much love. -Sarah
Hey there and happy March!!! Spring is on the horizon and I don’t know about you, but I’m so ready for it! Especially considering it’s going to snow all day in good ol’ Akron, Ohio. -____- As of late I’ve been enjoying some great movies, literature, and music that I’d love to share with you. There’s also one heinous excuse for a film that I must warn you about, so let’s get started!!
Watch St. Vincent: I watched this fantastically sweet movie last night with my parents and I loved every minute of it. St. Vincent was a classic “grumpy old man with a sensitive side underneath it all” film starring Bill Murray who was quite phenomenal. (He was nominated for Best Actor at the Oscars for his performance.) The sensitive side to Vincent is brought out by a number of people and situations throughout the film including his new neighbors Maggie (Melissa McCarthy) and her young son Oliver (Jaeden Lieberher), the lady of the night Daka (Naomi Watts), and his Alzheimer ridden wife Sandy (Donna Mitchell). The all star cast all give inspiring performances. I was pleasantly surprised that Melissa McCarthy was able to pull off a serious roll and young Jaeden Lieberher was sweet as can be. Usually I’m not fond of child actors, but he was just adorable and not annoying in the slightest. And can we please just talk about Naomi Watts as Daka?! Between her prostitute-y hair and makeup and her thick Russian accent, I didn’t even realize it was her until my mom told me! She nailed it. In the classic storyline with a twist, St. Vincent truly showed that you can’t judge a book by its cover. The film was the perfect combination of serious and pure fun and I can’t recommend it enough.
DO NOT WATCH Before I Go To Sleep: I’m sure you guys will recall that I absolutely loved the book Before I Go To Sleep from previous posts. I still hold true to my statement that this book was infinitely better than the popular Gone Girl. I was extremely excited to hear that one of my favorites was made into a movie starring the lovely Nicole Kidman and the hotty mchothot Colin Firth. I’ve been looking forward to watching this film for a while now and was so happy when my mom brought it home from the library yesterday. Eager to see my favorite book on the big screen (more like eighteen inch TV screen, but same difference) I popped the movie into the DVD player and was ready to be taken away into the creepy confusing world described in the book. To bring you up to speed if you’re not familiar with the storyline, Before I Go To Sleep tells the tale of Christine, a woman who experienced horrible trauma causing her memory to erase every night when she falls asleep. The movie started out okay for about ten minutes, and then everything went downhill. The movie was absolutely NOTHING like the book. Important facts were altered or removed completely and the acting of Kidman and Firth was sub par at best. Quite frankly, I’ve seen Lifetime movies that were better than this. If you read the book and enjoyed it as much as I did, don’t bother watching the movie because I give you the Lil Red Guarantee that you will absolutely hate it. If you have never read the book and are thinking about watching it, DON’T DO IT! It sucked and you’re welcome for saving you an hour and a half of your life. 🙂
^^SHAMEFUL!
Read Dad Is Fat: Lol, if you’re familiar with the extremely pale comedian Jim Gaffigan, you’ll know that this is his memoir to all things parenting. Gaffigan has a herd of five small equally as pale offspring and Dad Is Fat includes stories, tips, observations, and just pure silliness about his adventures as a parent. Usually I’m not one for reading books penned by celebrities and I’m also not fond of reading comedic books but when my brother was home a few weeks ago he brought Dad Is Fat with him (which I actually bought for him) in case I wanted to read it. He told me it was hilarious so I accepted the book to maybe read at a later time. That time came sooner than I thought, after I finished the last book I was reading The Rosie Effect in a whopping three days. (The Rosie Effect was the sequel to The Rosie Project and it was simply delightful! Definitely give the series a try, you’ll be glad you did!) Anyways, I was completely out of things to read so I begrudgingly picked up Dad Is Fat and was instantly in stitches. If you’re looking for something lighthearted and lots of fun, give this goofy memoir a try. You’ll be in laughing hysterics the whole time!
Give The Rosie Series A Try: As I mentioned above, I recently finished the much anticipated sequel to The Rosie Project, The Rosie Effect. The Rosie books tell the story of calculated, scientific, and socially awkward Don and his quest to find true love. The books never go right out and say that Don is on the autism spectrum, but you can easily deduce through the context clues that he indeed is on the spectrum. Don’s life is turned upside down in the first book when he finds himself falling in love with the outgoing and outspoken Rosie, who is literally his polar opposite. In the sequel which I really enjoyed, we find our cute couple enjoying married life until a major shock happens…Rosie is pregnant! The Rosie Effect follows the hilarious and at times heartbreaking moments in Don’s every day life. New friendships are made with eccentric characters even in the midst of a marital rough patch. Blame it on the hormones, I guess?! Can Don and Rosie salvage their relationship in time for their new baby? I guess you’re gonna have to find out!
Listen To Tom Vek: I know that I’ve mentioned Tom Vek before, but he’s slowly but surely becoming one of my favorite artists, so I figured I’d mention him again. I’m so obsessed with his album Leisure Seizure, I seriously can’t even. Vek has this amazing ability to make his voice drone on and on but still sound completely amazing. His music is moody, melancholy, and I can’t get enough. His monotonous voice is the definition of complete angst and all of his songs sound so mechanical and cool. It’s rare for me to hear an album and enjoy every song, but Leisure Seizure defies those odds, delivering hits track after track. I would put videos for the entire album on here, but I’ll leave it up to you guys to find more of his music if you like him. Here’s a few tracks that I really enjoy to get you started:
So there you have it, my Lil Red Recommends – Entertainment Edition! Have you guys read any of the books or watched any of the films I mentioned? What did you think of them? I’d love to hear from you, so leave me a comment and let’s chat! Happy Sunday! -Sarah
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