Mellow Yellow Couture

Sorry for double-posting in such a short amount of time, but I feel rawther blog-y today, so I decided to, well, blog! I've got a fashion post right now, so get inspired... 
Take this Aéropostale pink polo shirt  under these wacky-yet-cool shorts with suspenders + cute li'l yellow jelly sandals  and then accessories: a yellow double-headband to match the jelly shoes  + filigree-type earrings  + cool beaded bracelet I found off of a crafts blog *nice work!*  ... My favorite part of the outfit was definitely the shoes; I modeled the whole outfit around them. 
Stay SPLENDIFEROUS,
Pinky

Think Geek's Cool Inventory in a Nutshell

Whew! After a long day yesterday including:
~ realizing that I couldn't go to an 8-in-the-morning track practice (partly with glee) because of my allergies acting up
~ tagging along with my bestie's Girl Scout troop for a day at a campsite
~ and stocking up on classics (such as Gone with the Wind, recommended by my good blogging friend, Rocker 123) at the library, I was happy to get back home! Now I have a medium-sized post (so far!) about one of my new favorite websites to buy things: thinkgeek.com! The other day I bought this adorable little plastic plant called a Flip Flap Solar Plant, and here's the way it works: by energy of the sun, so there are no batteries needed. All you gotta do is put it on a windowsill or somewhere that has easy access to constant sunlight, and you're good to go! Here's the link for those of you who want to check it out. http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/cubegoodies/cbe7/?srp=1
While I was surfing this newfound site, I found another funny thing here as well, but opted against buying it as it was a little pricey for something that you might not use too often. Here it is, folks: the stupendous Finger Tentacles: http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/science/e7d1/?srp=1 and the super-hilarious video that goes along with it (try to ignore this guy's disgusting earrings): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4NSwxbPIpk&feature=player_embedded.
Have fun enjoying this interesting website, especially if you're a geek like me! 

The Song, About a Person Who Sat on a Baby

~The Song~
Eeny Meeny Sicilini Oo-op Bopalini Avacachi Liverachi
I love you!!
Take a peach, take a plum,
Take a stick of bubble gum.
No peach, no plum,
NO stick of bubble gum. :'(
I saw you with your boyfriend laaast night
How do I know? I looked out the window; noooosy!
I didn't do my homework; laaaaaazy!
I sat on a baby, must be craazy, that's why they call me!
Eeny meeny Sicilini Oo-op Bopalini Avacachi Liverachi
I love you!!!

A Note to the Following Reading People: This lovely serenade was written here by my trusty friend, Polka, who is an aspiring songwriter. Enjoy! There's also a hand game that goes with it; I'll show you that one later on.

Hiya again, all! Well, guess who, out of ALLL the teams in the Greek Olympics (Corinth for Mrs. Carcich, Sparta for Mr. Boyle, Athens for Mrs. Myhre, Megara for us Fullamers, Delphi for Mrs. Sabs, and Argos for Mr. Doherty), guess who won??? Oh yeah, it was the Megarians! VIIIIIVA us! LOL. We were pretty rockin' out there, despite the fact that it was oh-my-gum-oh-so-bone-chilling out there in the wind. But still. We made a little team cheer that we sang a lot, which I don't really understand and goes... like... this: 
One Person of the Group: Megara! What is your profession?
Rest of the Group: A-oo! A-oo!
Hey, it was fun! And now I'm officially flummoxing (a result from my thesaurus searching, naturally) myself by using the double--no, triple--negatives! Ai yai yai :)

Cruisin' Back to Ancient Greece

     Hey guys! I'm back, and SO very sorry I abandoned you for a while there. But I'm back! Our ASK testing is over (Assessment of Skills and Knowledge), and I can relax, so HUZZAH! :) 
     In S.S., we've been learning about ancient Greece and mythology (my favorite!), so in lieu of learning stuff on the only day of the week that we don't have ASK, we're having the Greek Olympics! Isn't that splendiferous? My homeroom (we're Fullamers, as we like to be called) is the city-state Megara, so our team color is blue. Good thing I have so many blue clothes! Although I suppose I'd have it better off if our color was purple, because I have abundant amounts of purple shirts. But still. I like blue; it's all good! Anyhow, getting rawther *Eloise! lawl* sidetracked here... during the Olympics, we'll somehow be using torches (for what, I don't actually know) made out of paper towel holders and yellow and pink (we didn't have red or orange) paper, which we curled with scissors. I'm now addicted to curling paper, and that'll be my new art craze. Forget God's eyes!! Psh. They are SO yesterday! :D I crack myself up sometimes... not sure if that's a good thing... I'll do a craft post on the curled paper; hopefully it won't be as confusing as my first craft post. If you haven't realized by now, I am a pretty horrible teacher. So wish us Fullamers and Megara luck on the Olympics tomorrow! Hopefully all those track practices have come in handy.
     Lastly, I just have a pretty li'l dress (but to be worn with jeans) by DVF that I absolutely, positootly lurve! I found it when I was out shoppin' with my trusty maternal unit (wink wink, Mummy dear), but unfortunately I was forced to give it up. But I won't ever stop loving it!! Hope you'll love it as much as I do:  Of course, I have another one that is the same dress, but in a different pattern:  And finally, the outfit (minus the jeans and the ever-important accessories) wouldn't be complete without a cute pair of shoes, which are from the same collection, and which I wasn't allowed to purchase because the heels were too high:  Additional Note About the Shoes: The heels may not look high in the picture, but the bigger the shoe size was, the bigger the heel was, so the shoe in MY size had a too-high heel. Just clearing that up!
     Stay natty (a word I found when I was doing my thesaurus searching, which is my new favorite pastime! I'm trying to s-t-r-e-t-c-h my vocabulary, so I take a word I use often; example of 'stylish', then I thesaurus it and find cool words like 'natty'!! LOL),
<3 <3 <3 PINKY ALLA MODA <3 <3 <3

DIY Craft Post: Popsicle-Stick Eyes (sounds pretty weird, huh? Don't I know it.)

I don't think I've ever done a craft post before, but it's never too late to start, right? Today we'll be learning about (I sound like a cooking show! Hi, my name is Rachael Ray...) god's eyes, which sound really weird but are really fun to make! Here's a picture of one (note that these are just MINI god's eyes; the ones I usually make are much bigger):
       I was researching these guys on Google, and I discovered a bunch of cool stuff about them. So here's a quick-but-cool (at least I think so, but then again, that's me, the history geek) S.S. lesson about "Ojos de Dios", or "Eyes of God". Pretty interesting stuff. Apparently these crafts were started by the ancient Huichol of Mexico. The central "eye" in the middle was made when a child was born, and each year a bit of yarn was added until the child turned five, when the eye was complete. Nice work, historical guys!
      Here's what you'll need to make these God's eyes:
~string/yarn (single-colored, or multi-colored like the Huichol!)
~Popsicle sticks (to make the mini ones, just use mini craft sticks)
~optional: tacky glue (I don't ever use glue for these; more about that later)

Aaaand now here's what to do:
     1. Glue two Popsicle sticks together, forming an X. Glue the end of the string to the middle where your sticks cross, or tie the string around the middle.
     2. Start by wrapping the string over and around one "leg" of one craft stick, then over and around the next leg. Pull the string tight each time, and push it toward the center. Here's a picture of how the back of the eye should look: 

     3. Continue until the craft sticks are covered. If you still haven't really gotten how to weave the yarn around the sticks, there's another picture to show you how to do it at the bottom. 

If you want, you can glue the end of the string to the back of the God's eye, or (this is what I do) just take the very end of the string and push it through the back of the eye and smooth it out. Good luck!

 Ciao for now! <3 <3 <3 PINKY

Well, I've Gone and Done It!

The name of this post says it all: I've changed my blog name to "Proud to Be Geek Chic" (mwah ha ha; it's my creepy laugh for no reason. Don't we all need one of those once in a while?), and also changed my background (nothing new here, I do this about half a million times). I hope you like the new changes! Here's this funny picture that my friend introduced to me that makes me think immediately of the phrase 'smart cookie'! It looks rawther adorable *quoting Eloise, who I LURVE!* if you ask me. Tahhh-doodle:  Love your shades, Mr. Cookie... I'd like a pair! 

An Important Matter to Discuss

OK all, here's this very important matter to discuss among my blog audience: I was wondering whether I should change the name of my blog, seeing as I don't actually blog that much about the Westing Game. Since it's pretty pointless to have the name something that doesn't even relate to me, I think I should change it! I just want to tell y'all in advance that changing the name of the blog doesn't mean changing the web address, it just means that when you get onto my blog, instead of seeing '8 Perfect Pairs of Heirs' you'll see something different. Now, what should that something different be? Here are some ideas:


~Proud to Be Geek Chic Comment: I thought of this from my friend, who routinely calls me Geeky Chic-y Pinky. The funny part is that it's all true, and I am TOTALLY proud to call myself geek chic! :)
~Secrets of a Pink Fashionista Comment: Not much to explain here, but y'know... question: does that make you think of Victoria's Secret Pink at all? 'Cause I don't want to be identified as that, LOL. Pur-lease feel free to let me know!
~Half-Baked Comment: This was brought on by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, aka awesome people, aka founders of Ben and Jerry's, *oh yeah!!* because of their awesome collaborative ice cream flavor, and also the term 'half-baked idea', which is said if an idea isn't very thought-out. I was thinking of lettering that differently, like "HaLf-BaKeD", and you can tell me what you think of that too. And I don't mind criticism, 'long as it's constructive...
~Pinky alla Moda Comment: P-a-M comes from my *nonexistent but wish-it-were-there-and-it-almost-is* Italian side, from which 'alla moda' translates to 'with fashion' or 'fashionable'. So, basically it means 'Fashionable Pinky', although I like to think of it as 'Pinky Got Style' ;)
~Busy: Gone Blogging Comment: OK, yeah, this one is seriously lame. But I just like the look of more names on my list :) because I lead myself on that I'm creatively thinking of these names. Oh brother, me! Lawl


And... yeah! That's pretty much it. You guys can tell me if you agree with any, or if you have any great ideas of your own by commenting! Thanks SO very much in advance (that's right! that's how confident I am in you guys)! Stay creative and awesome sauce :)
~Pinky~