So I’m sitting here one day thinking that I would love to finally get a handwriting analysis done. I did some quick googling and found a lady in London who’s been doing it professionally for about 30 years. Her name is Diann Vail and she’s got a Bachelor of Arts in the area of document examining; she’s a certified Graphoanalyst. Wow that’s a big word for a small girl like me! I’m going to use that word in conversations in the future so I sound smart in my social circles, lol.
Diann has done work for the police, for court proceedings and for little people like myself. I contacted her after perusing her website (http://www.diannvail.com/) to set up a time that I could come see her. She suggested that since I was from out of town that we could do all correspondence via email. “How convenient!” I thought.
What she requires is for you to submit a page or two about anything that comes off the top of your head in handwritten formation and for a fee she would analyze it and send the summary back to you.
So I did.
I wrote about how I started out as a writer at the tender age of about 12; I was in the 7th grade. I didn’t want to write anything that was too autobiographical because let’s be honest, she could just tell me what I already told her and that’s no fun. I wanted to write something that was important to me but something that didn’t shed too much light onto who I was in general. I mean, that was up to her to tell me, right?
It took a couple of weeks. I waited with baited breath as I was so excited to get something like this done. I’m into these kind of things; psychics, palm readings, etc. If anything, it’s for fun. But it’s also quite shocking to see how close in proximity these total strangers are in telling you about yourself and the world around you.
It was a pretty indepth analysis. She told me some things I already knew about myself and other things that I hadn’t thought about before, but were correct. It was very personal but I can tell you this: according to my handwriting, I am a creative independent soul who lives in the moment and is a people person. Sounds general right?
She goes on to explain other aspects of myself such as I’m the type of person who can show interest in what’s going on around me but yet at the same time, I am able to carefully tend to the details. It’s true!
I’m also mindful of my own needs and abilities before I rush into anything; relationships, jobs, contracts. In other words I'm the type that thinks things through.
Getting this analysis done was a great moment for me, it was like a breath of fresh air. Something fun and engaging. Something that makes you think. And I like to think.
Diann was very polite and easy to deal with. She’s knows her stuff that’s for sure. If you think you would like to get this done for yourself, I mean why not, you can contact her at the abovementioned website address. Tell her I sent ya! :)
Friday, February 20, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
le Theatre
Last night I went with my girlfriend Nicole to see a play at our local Community Theatre House called Bedtime Stories. I will try and get a little more descriptive beyond "it was gooood", but no guarantees, lol.
The play was loosely based on the theory "if these walls could talk" or rather, that's what I took from it. It was about several couples and how their lives unfold in a bedroom; from a couple in their mid-fifties who were being paid to have sex on air to increase ratings, to a man dying in his bed who gave forgiveness to an old flame, to a burglary, to a pending divorce. All the stories were connected by characters or happenings and ended quite nicely with the "pending divorce" couple reconnecting where else, but on a bed.
I don't know about you but I don't think I could kiss my fellow actor in front of a crowd like that, lol. Kudos to those who can pull that off!
Anyways, it was a cute play, I really enjoyed it and as I said to my friend as we left, we should come back on a regular basis and dip into our cultural side!
The play was loosely based on the theory "if these walls could talk" or rather, that's what I took from it. It was about several couples and how their lives unfold in a bedroom; from a couple in their mid-fifties who were being paid to have sex on air to increase ratings, to a man dying in his bed who gave forgiveness to an old flame, to a burglary, to a pending divorce. All the stories were connected by characters or happenings and ended quite nicely with the "pending divorce" couple reconnecting where else, but on a bed.
I don't know about you but I don't think I could kiss my fellow actor in front of a crowd like that, lol. Kudos to those who can pull that off!
Anyways, it was a cute play, I really enjoyed it and as I said to my friend as we left, we should come back on a regular basis and dip into our cultural side!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
All things green...
Not sure if you heard about this or not; if you are a girlfriend/fan/know of George Stroumboulopoulos, you will probably have heard about the One Million Acts of Green. I watch the Hour so I know these things, lol.
Might I say it's about time someone created such a fun and easy task to help our environment! You can read more at http://green.cbc.ca/ and see what you can do to help.
I am.
I recycle, use energy saving light bulbs, and shut the lights off when I leave the room. We also compost our vegetable waste, and use eco-friendly products to clean our home.
I rock..I know! :)
So the question is...what's YOUR act of green?
Might I say it's about time someone created such a fun and easy task to help our environment! You can read more at http://green.cbc.ca/ and see what you can do to help.
I am.
I recycle, use energy saving light bulbs, and shut the lights off when I leave the room. We also compost our vegetable waste, and use eco-friendly products to clean our home.
I rock..I know! :)
So the question is...what's YOUR act of green?
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Holy oh my goodness!
I'm so sorry, I haven't written in FOREVER. Since last year! I can officially say that now I guess, lol!
I'm soooo busy with with line expansion. The more I work on it the more I hone my skills and pump out some great stuff! I cannot wait for the unveiling!
I knew initally it would be alot of work, but of course comes with interruptions from daily life and of course, the holiday rush. So the launch is still coming it just may take a few more weeks so please be patient, it will come!! :)
Anwyays, just a quick hello from me to you...talk soon!
I'm soooo busy with with line expansion. The more I work on it the more I hone my skills and pump out some great stuff! I cannot wait for the unveiling!
I knew initally it would be alot of work, but of course comes with interruptions from daily life and of course, the holiday rush. So the launch is still coming it just may take a few more weeks so please be patient, it will come!! :)
Anwyays, just a quick hello from me to you...talk soon!
Friday, November 21, 2008
Werkin' werkin' werkin'!
Just a quick note to say hi and to let ya'll know that the new line is looking S.W.E.E.T! I am putting SO much concerted effort into this venture and I could not be prouder of thy self! Here's a sneak peek of what's to come...
Saturday, November 8, 2008
The "Fall" of New Arrivals
Haha, I just had to do a play on words in the title in regards to our current season.
I'm cool like that tho. ;)
S'guess what?
I've been a busy beaver!
In the coming weeks, urbanLove will be unveiling an
e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d line of stationery!
That's right folks, in a few weeks time you too can shop for something other than invitations!
I'm so excited about this venture! This does mean though over the next few weeks I will be diving in head first into my design time and won't have much time for anything else other than sleeping and eating, lol.
This being said I may not be blogging for a while. This saddens me because writing is cathartic for me but my business is my passion and no one ever said it was going to be easy. I will actually appreciate my art alot more after putting all this hard work into it. It will be worth it!
Let's do some quick math shall we? Just for poops and chuckles.
I've currently got around 30 designs posted.
Then I'm going to add several other items based on each of those 30-ish designs.
Several times 30-ish equals to...(pulls out calculator cause I'm bad at math)...just under 300 new items. Well, you know what I mean :)
So I figure after I get the new items created and posted on my soon-to-come revamp of my site, then I can really sit back with my hot toddy (or in my case, my Hot Nick) and look ahead to the good things that will come! By then it will almost be 2009...oh, and so not Fall anymore...so much for my title then - dammit I was so close!
Oh well.
Point is you need to check back in a while and see how things are going to be moving and shaking at urbanLove. I guarantee you will like!
I'm cool like that tho. ;)
S'guess what?
I've been a busy beaver!
In the coming weeks, urbanLove will be unveiling an
e-x-p-a-n-d-e-d line of stationery!
That's right folks, in a few weeks time you too can shop for something other than invitations!
I'm so excited about this venture! This does mean though over the next few weeks I will be diving in head first into my design time and won't have much time for anything else other than sleeping and eating, lol.
This being said I may not be blogging for a while. This saddens me because writing is cathartic for me but my business is my passion and no one ever said it was going to be easy. I will actually appreciate my art alot more after putting all this hard work into it. It will be worth it!
Let's do some quick math shall we? Just for poops and chuckles.
I've currently got around 30 designs posted.
Then I'm going to add several other items based on each of those 30-ish designs.
Several times 30-ish equals to...(pulls out calculator cause I'm bad at math)...just under 300 new items. Well, you know what I mean :)
So I figure after I get the new items created and posted on my soon-to-come revamp of my site, then I can really sit back with my hot toddy (or in my case, my Hot Nick) and look ahead to the good things that will come! By then it will almost be 2009...oh, and so not Fall anymore...so much for my title then - dammit I was so close!
Oh well.
Point is you need to check back in a while and see how things are going to be moving and shaking at urbanLove. I guarantee you will like!
Friday, November 7, 2008
Saturday Morning Cartoons :)
If you grew up in the 80’s like I did, I’m sure you remember with fondness the greatness otherwise known as Saturday Morning cartoons.
Here I’ve compiled a list of cartoons that I watched with deep fascination; an imagination so bold that it was to the point where I could almost see myself living their lives amongst mushroom huts and tree trunks and the concert stage.
You’ll understand what I mean in a moment.
But these cartoons shaped my imagination as a child, they made me believe, they made my mind expand and ultimately, made me be the imaginative genius I am today.
Yeah. Over a cartoon.
Well, they were really great!
You may recognize some of these cartoons, or maybe not, but either way I had a great time when I was a kid in the 80’s. Teletoon Retro has now enabled me to revisit that time. Woot!
The Smurfs – I didn’t clue into this until I was a teenager, but think about it: one girl living amongst an all-male village. I think you know where I am going with this one…and don’t you think that Handy Smurf could have been a precursor to Mike Holmes?
The Gummi Bears – these cute and fun characters were a joy to watch and during the intro when they slid down the trunk of the tree I could almost feel the wind whipping through my hair and my stomach do a somersault.
The Barbapapas – Lickity Split Barba Trick! LOVED this cartoon, I don’t know why, but I did. Maybe because they were enabled with the ability to mold themselves into any object. How acrobatic of them! ::tries to lift leg over head…can’t…quite…do it…::
Fables of the Green Forest – I used to live in the country as a child and go exploring amongst the forest for hours. I could smell the nature in the air, see the sun shine through the trees with a beauty that only the forest could give, and hear the chipmunks and squirrels flutter about the leaf-laden floor. Watching this show made me want to be a small animal so I could spend my days running up and down trees and in and out of hollow trunks.
Jem and the Holograms – the ultimate 80’s girl band cartoon. Yeah ok and probably the only one. Regardless, an awesome show. Watching Jem made me wanna rock out like Madonna and shop at the malls like I had all the money in the world. A girl’s dream come true: music and clothes and the love of a hottie boyfriend.
I dunno, that’s what I got from it.
Sesame Street – not technically a cartoon, it was still great to watch, as I swayed my head from side to side during the intro song. And somehow even then I knew that Gordon and Susan were getting’ it on. Don’t ask how, I just knew, ya know? And how addictive is the 12 song? “1234 5 6789 10 11 12, do dododo do do! Twelve!”
Here I’ve compiled a list of cartoons that I watched with deep fascination; an imagination so bold that it was to the point where I could almost see myself living their lives amongst mushroom huts and tree trunks and the concert stage.
You’ll understand what I mean in a moment.
But these cartoons shaped my imagination as a child, they made me believe, they made my mind expand and ultimately, made me be the imaginative genius I am today.
Yeah. Over a cartoon.
Well, they were really great!
You may recognize some of these cartoons, or maybe not, but either way I had a great time when I was a kid in the 80’s. Teletoon Retro has now enabled me to revisit that time. Woot!
The Smurfs – I didn’t clue into this until I was a teenager, but think about it: one girl living amongst an all-male village. I think you know where I am going with this one…and don’t you think that Handy Smurf could have been a precursor to Mike Holmes?
The Gummi Bears – these cute and fun characters were a joy to watch and during the intro when they slid down the trunk of the tree I could almost feel the wind whipping through my hair and my stomach do a somersault.
The Barbapapas – Lickity Split Barba Trick! LOVED this cartoon, I don’t know why, but I did. Maybe because they were enabled with the ability to mold themselves into any object. How acrobatic of them! ::tries to lift leg over head…can’t…quite…do it…::
Fables of the Green Forest – I used to live in the country as a child and go exploring amongst the forest for hours. I could smell the nature in the air, see the sun shine through the trees with a beauty that only the forest could give, and hear the chipmunks and squirrels flutter about the leaf-laden floor. Watching this show made me want to be a small animal so I could spend my days running up and down trees and in and out of hollow trunks.
Jem and the Holograms – the ultimate 80’s girl band cartoon. Yeah ok and probably the only one. Regardless, an awesome show. Watching Jem made me wanna rock out like Madonna and shop at the malls like I had all the money in the world. A girl’s dream come true: music and clothes and the love of a hottie boyfriend.
I dunno, that’s what I got from it.
Sesame Street – not technically a cartoon, it was still great to watch, as I swayed my head from side to side during the intro song. And somehow even then I knew that Gordon and Susan were getting’ it on. Don’t ask how, I just knew, ya know? And how addictive is the 12 song? “1234 5 6789 10 11 12, do dododo do do! Twelve!”
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