Life Planning

… since we’re talking about it (yeah we have, for like the past hour, weren’t you paying any attention?!), let me tell you a little bit on what I’ve decided to do with my life.

HAIR!

I just liked how vibrant these wigs look, thus I'm including this mildly related photo. But I might get to style wigs someday, I mean someone has to do that!

That’s right, I’m going to be a hair stylist. I love changing my hair color and style, as well as just discussing hair with people. I always have.

“But Lana,” you might say, “you have a journalism degree!” I’m glad you brought that up dear friend. When I got my journalism degree (just for reference I graduated in May of 2009) I had an emphasis on magazine writing. Sadly in the last couple of years my favorite magazines, the magazines I named when asked who I would like to write for (Jane and Domino), have closed down. But, all the hair magazines I love are still around, and I think they would be so much fun to write for!

So, what I’m saying is if I get training in hair I will have even better credentials for someday writing for a hair magazine or hair-centric Websites such as ModernSalon.com or BehindTheChair.com. Thus I will still be using my degree, I still get to write and my parents won’t be angry they paid for all those years of college.

I prefer the UK hair magazines like this one, the aptly named HAIR. Image courtesy of ukmagz.co.uk

Not to mention I would love to become talented enough to do hair for magazine shoots as well, which would  be just another way for me staying in touch with my magazine side.

Also, working in hair can get me working on film sets and TV shows and theater productions as well! How much fun would that be?! Not only would you get to do some extra awesome hair, you’d get to be on-set and visit the costume department and collaborate on looks with them as well as just get to watch the general production stuff. It’d be super sweet.

Basically, all of the things I enjoy can be connected through doing hair! I just have to learn how to do hair, which is why I want to go to the Vidal Sassoon Academy. Vidal Sassoon Academies are considered the Harvard of hair schools, tip-top of the line. I was always a little disappointed with myself that I chickened out and never applied to any Ivy League colleges for my degree, I was too scared of not getting accepted. I was a wuss and should have had more faith in myself and tried. I’m not saying I would’ve gotten in anywhere, but I should have at least tried. So here’s my chance to go Ivy League, but for hair instead of my Bachelors!

Vidal Sassoon working on Mia Farrow's famous Sassoon cut. I always thought this was such a cute look!

Thus, my next step in life is to visit the Sassoon Academy in Santa Monica and take a tour, maybe tour a few other hair schools like Paul Mitchell and Toni & Guy while I’m there, and just continue to save up money for going to school. Much like Harvard, Sassoon is very expensive. Like $20,000+ expensive. And I’m not that rich (yet). Not to mention I need to stockpile money for rent and to live off of since I won’t have time to work. I’m probably going to have to get a loan. *Sad face* Got to spend money to make money/go to school where you want, I guess?

Video Attack

Just some videos I’ve collected around the Web and felt like sharing in one tidy post…

THIS IS HILARIOUS. You will die laughing.

Pizza day was the best wasn’t it? This is a really fun, energetic cover of “Pizza Day” by The Aquabats, a song all about celebrating the one good day of school lunches. Also, there’s a melodica (the keyboard/flute-esque instrument)!

Baby Sea Otters: they will overdose you with their radiating waves of cute.

A very, very funny short. I want a future house!

This song will stick with you, it’s infectious!

These capes are awesome, wintertime or not. We should make tons of them, and we could call our gathering while making them “The Great Caper!” I’m just throwing that out there, I mean I could make one all by my lonesome too, but why would you want that when you could get a cape, quality time with me, as well as getting to say the awesome name for the event if you participate?

I Like It!

First and foremost, HELLO! Why yes, I am still alive! Ha, you must not know me very well if you thought I had perished. And if you did think I was dead, you’re not a very good friend, you didn’t even call and check on me!

Today I want to talk about things I like, because I know allllllll about that subject.

Picture courtesy of Nordstroms

I like Harajuku Lovers jewelry! I only found out they even made jewelry last week, but let me tell you, this stuff is awesome and crazy. It’s crawesome! The stuff is seriously over the top and really wild and I have to have it! I love Gwen Stefani, I love her music, I love her high-end clothing line L.A.M.B., and I love her style, so it’s no wonder I love this stuff too!

The best part is I found quite a bit of it on sale at Dillard’s and Macy’s. I bought a bracelet and a pair of earrings at Dillard’s. You just have to dig around in all the clearance to find the good stuff.

You can also find some pretty good deals on eBay and Zappos.com has some of the pieces on sale as well.

I like that Macy’s is having a sale starting on July 21st and going through July 25th! You either need a coupon or a Macy’s card to get the discounts which is a whopping 20% off apparel, jewelry and some discounts on other stuff as well.

Obviously there are some restrictions, but the best part is this sale INCLUDES items already on sale and clearance! Which means I am gonna be buying some awesome Harajuku Lovers jewelry on clearance and then getting an extra discount as well!

I also found out that you can buy stuff now with your coupon/card on “pre-sale,” but you have to leave it at the store until Wednesday when the sale actually starts. So if you’re worried something is going to sell out you can buy it today and just pick it up Wednesday! I live only about ten minutes from Macy’s so that’s not a big deal for me, so I will be popping in tomorrow to secure my Harajuku baubles.

Netflix. There really isn’t anything better. If you aren’t subscribed already you should be. I pay $9.95 a month for one disc out at a time and get as much of their streaming content as I want. And while just the disc with no due date would probably be worth it all on its own, the fact you can watch tons of shows and movies instantly on Netflix streaming makes it an incredible deal.

I have my Netflix account hooked up through my Wii (which is hooked up to my WiFi) and watch stuff whenever I feel like it on my big screen TV in the living room. It is the best $10 a month I spend! You can also watch the streaming stuff on your computer if you don’t have a Wii or Xbox with a WiFi connection to hook it up through.

I just started watching “Dr. Who” from it’s 2005 reboot (on Netflix streaming I might add). It’s pretty silly but I enjoy it, it’s not high brow stuff or anything but it has a high entertainment factor. I’ve never watched any of the old “Dr. Who” seasons (I’m not old or British for heavens sake!), so I don’t really have a sense of nostalgia or tradition about the show, but yeah, it’s pretty sweet. Also, good news is it doesn’t expect you to already know anything about it, it slips the background information into the show for all the noobs.

Ok, I know I just told you about a show, but this one is HILARIOUS. Sadly there’s only one season of it, but it’s all on YouTube! The clip above is the beginning of the first episode, so just go from there (all of the show is uploaded by the same user who uploaded the clip embedded above) and thank me later.

Also, how kick ass is that theme song? I can’t get it out of my head since I started watching this show last week!

“Time to watch Cloooonnneee Hiiiiiiggggghhhhh!”

I’m adding this here at the end partly because of the perfectitude of the title for this post and partly because I kind of like it. Listen! It’s not *that* bad! DON’T JUDGE ME!

(Side note, Enrique is still looking pretty foxy, no? The video to this though is pointless, unless you want to see girls in their underwear hitting each other with pillows, then this video has oh so much point for you)