tales of existence

a life without love is like a year without summer.

2011-05-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

it certainly has been a while, and i apologise. my blog has not been very hectic lately and i am not going to come up with any excuses. buut it has been crazy over here, after easter school just threw a new bunch of exciting assignments my way and i have mini-mock exams in just a couple of weeks. so if i was going to have an excuse it would be that. and i know i promised you more photos of my daily life and they are coming.
only four more weeks until i get a long break and then just try to keep me off my blog! i swear, you just try.
-smiles-

i have, however, had some time to shop. and you know as well as i do, that no matter how hectic life gets, there is always some time left over to shop. summer is just around the corner which means new styles, new places and new people. and with all this, you must look your best of course. so my absoloute wants for the summer are these little lovely things:

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and i actually got the mustard shoes, because i just could not resist. but sometimes summer can also mean new experiences which i am looking forward to. so i hope all is well with all of you and that youre enjoy the heat which will hopefully rise as the months go by.
word of advice: get out there and sunbathe! summer is here and we need to tan those legs to look good in our shorts and skirts. -winks- im getting ready for summer by going to the hair-dressers tomorrow, just filling in the little blonde bits trying to come out again. as for that, i think that this week you should treat yourself with something. nothing big or expensive. just a little something that shouts that you are ready for summer.

have a lovely week!
prancing poe x

one’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things

2011-04-13T19:43:00.000-07:00

i am off! in half an hour i am off to the airport and then on to a plane that will take me to spain. i was hoping yesterday that i could post one more post before i went to bed, but the packing took extra long. lets just say it was a complete mess. and im normally a very organized person. so instead i am sitting at the computer at 4.30 in the morning trying to not abandon my blog.

but anyhow, i will be gone for a week so im sorry beforehand for my lack of posts. when i get back i will bombard you with them. -smiles-
hope you have a lovely week and i promise when i get back there will be lots and lots of photos. i guess ill also throw in a good morning to you all! hopefully youre not up at the computer at this time, if you were id be a teensy bit worried about you. so if you are: go to bed! if you are not, hope you wake up on the right side this fine morning.
oh also, when packing i was wondering what other people (women mostly) pack in their handbags when going on a plane... if you want to share with me what you bring, i think that would be tres lovely of you.

speak to you in a week!
progressing poe x

a good photograph stops a moment from running away

2011-04-11T10:55:00.000-07:00

can you say huzzah? huzzah! i got my camera back, she is is all fixed and she is as perfect as ever. is it only me but do you name your objects? i do it because it helps me understand the object better and i form some kind of bond, so it has a special meaning to me. my dear camera that just came back from the repair shop is named omoide. omoide in japanese means memories and i feel that omoide does this perfectly and i couldnt ask for a better camera. it is my fault that she broke.

a part from all that crazy talk, it is a monday. a nice and very warm monday. first monday of the year that it was boiling hot and extremely sunny. twas quite pleasant. i had a very short day today, and hopefully aced my history exam. and then on thursday im off to espanga! which is going to be nothing but relaxing, soaking in culture, swimming and taking lots of lots of photos with omoide and maybe even my diana camera. i promise this. -smiles-

sorry if my blog posts are getting a bit snoozy but i promise i will have outfit posts and recipe posts etc. now! promise and so does omoide. and to compensate i will upload some photos that i took with omoide last summer in rome. so sit tight darlings!

picturesque poe x

sunday smiles

2011-04-10T05:09:00.000-07:00

i am sorry for the lack of photos, my camera is currently being repaired, which saddens me a lot. if i did have my camera i would have taken photos of the carrotcake i made for my mums birthday. it turned out perfect! so when i can take photos i will make another one and post the recipe on here. it is definitely worth making! -smiles-
so if i cant post my own photos, i will post some photos that brought smiles to my study sunday.

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propitious poe. x

where words fail, music speaks.

2011-04-06T07:43:00.000-07:00

im trying to get into the whole "one post everyday" kinda thing. sadly my life right now is at a kind of stand still so coming up with ideas for my posts is quite difficult. i want this blog to be about fashion (mostly vintage), inspiration, small town treasures, daily life things. so i will certainly strive to create this so from now on my posts will be fascinating and mind-blowing! excited? i certainly am. -smiles-

but unfortunately today, another day of studying is ahead of me. so i thought to make this post a little more interesting i might post some songs that i am in LOVES with at the moment. and some study music that helps me with all the stress. i hope your wednesday is going a bit better than mine and that you have lovely weather outside.

enjoy it for me!

poe's playlist:

- you’re the one that I want - angus and julia stone

- hope there’s someone - anthony and the johnsons

- let me go - cake

- thieves - she & him

- sons and daughters - the decemberists

- brand new start - little joy

these are just some of many that i love. and i will bring you plenty more.

phonetic poe x

nothing will work unless you do.

2011-04-05T10:03:00.000-07:00

i have been extremely busy lately and this always happens beginning of april, there is no explanation for it. but im very stressed, have loads of essays and assignments due in the next couple of weeks and not small ones, no sir: long tedious mind-boggling essays that make me want to drop out of school and become alex supertramp. however, i need to get my head out of the clouds and focus focus focus on my work. the sun disappeared and its now raining again. i doubt sun will peak its head out of the clouds anytime soon, the rain seems pretty happy to stay. im not going to complaining since if it was sunny outside, the concentration i have (which is not much) will go out the window and i will head straight out the door to bask in the sunlight.

so right now im content with staying inside and studying whilst thinking of a better time. i am, however, thankful for the coffee which is keeping me up, elvis costello for keeping me entertained and my cats which are motivating me with their purrs. if you are also stuck inside studying, just know that you are not alone.
and to make your study coffee burst with flavors, here is a little hint: add some cinnamon and nutmeg. its healthy which means you dont need sugar to make your coffee a little less bitter. i love music when studying but it saddens me to admit that i cannot concentrate whilst listening to music. i sing, chant, hum, mime until my voice is gone and i realize that ive gotten no work done. little hint: nonetheless, a little bit of study break music is allowed and it calms me down when im freaking out about not having done enough. we all deserve a bit of a break sometimes, when working as hard as we do. -wink-
and as for the cat thing, little hint: i strongly advise you to go out and get one, preferably one who will help you with your studying. they are very rare to find, but if you keep looking, im sure youll find one. they are so worth it.

have a lovely week!
pondering poe x

a day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

2011-03-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

oh the sun. worshiped by so many throughout the worlds history and still is. strangely, i think im finally starting to understand why. as soon as the sun peeks its head around the clouds, i see children laughing, jolly walkers, grinning adults and this must be, because of the sun. i am sure of this because i live in a place where the sun rarely shows itself and people are miserable 24/7. except of course, when the sun comes out.

i love my town though because the minute we see a glimpse of the sun, women rush for their sun-hats, men rush for their sunglasses and children run for their beach buckets. yes, they are getting way ahead of themselves but it truly is adorable and it makes me appreciate what i see when i walk home.

i am, however, a winter person and i always will be. it doesnt make me a depressed person because remember that the sun peers out at winter too! not just during the summers. but i cannot complain about summer coming when i see that the people around me become so happy. it warms my heart to see them get so excited by the rays of light shining down on this glum town. so i want to thank you sun or as the ancient egyptians called it (ra), for making this week full of laughter, chatting and lots and lots of smiles. it certainly makes me overjoyed.

pleased poe x

the only way to understand a computer, is to be one.

2011-03-12T08:11:00.000-08:00

here i am sitting on a saturday afternoon trying to figure out how to create a decent looking blog, and i cant for the life of me figure it out. granted, ive never been a wizz with computers, which makes this experience even harder. you may be thinking; what is she writing a blog for if she's hopeless with graphics and such?, i am actually asking myself that very question right now. but then again, im not here to have the neatest looking blog, im here to start some sort of journey, a journey that may lead nowhere or a journey that may lead somewhere great. im looking for motivation, inspiration, among other things from the world and i hope i can find it here. or maybe ill even discover myself and what it means to be me. i guess you could call it: blog therapy. which i think all of us need a bit of in our society today.

so to me all this graphic design gibberish will probably remain confusing, for now at least. but from this experience, i just might learn something more important. however, it would be fantastic if somebody out there could help me, preease?

hope you are having a better weekend than i am. which is very very likely!
puzzled poe x

give branch a chance.

2011-03-08T10:21:00.000-08:00

the most peculiar thing has started happening to me, it came all of a sudden and now i can’t seem to stop and i do wonder what it could mean. it started about a week ago or so, when walking home, one of my friends kicked a branch, agitated as he was it was still no excuse and out of nowhere i told him to apologize. yes, you read right, apologize to the branch. of course, he looked at me as if i was crazy, heck even i thought i was acting a bit irrational but at that moment i had such strong feelings towards that poor branch. as days went by, my friend kept trying to bug me with the whole branch "incident" and wouldn’t stop kicking branches. i seemed to just laugh it off, not wanting to give him the benefit of a doubt that it still bothered me and i started to forget about it.

but today, i was walking home by myself, enjoying the little and only sunshine we've been getting for months, and i happen to stumble upon a helpless broken branch in the middle of the road. my eyes quickly passed by it and i stepped over it without even thinking about it. i got to the pavement, stopped, turned around and really looked at the branch. it was completely distorted, its "skin" was barely hanging on to its branch. my feelings were so shook by the appearance of this branch that it could even have been a human lying there and i would have shown the same compassion as i did for the branch.

so i checked for any traffic coming my way and stepped out into the road once more, slowly approaching the branch. i look at it, distinctly remember moving my head to the side and i picked it up. it was a light branch with not much left to give to our environment but to me it deserved more than just being run over so many times until there was barely anything left. a sense of accomplishment bubbled beneath my skin, granted, it wasn’t a huge change to the world but it was something. don’t get me wrong, i care about our environment but I’ve never been really dedicated to changing the world. that may sound horrible but i’m thinking about my future, and whenever i think of my future, i want all the possibilities my parents had when they grew up. to be "care free". and that is not a good way of looking at it.

so i have realized that a branch may not have feelings but my great grandchildren will. and i would not want them to have their world wrecked because of my carelessness. it’s been a very life changing week and as a result i’ve decided that i will have a new category. "worldly wednesdays" where i try to give hints and tips on how to make small but life changing steps towards a better future. and for those of you thinking i’m a complete nutter for getting an epiphany from a branch, i hope you try at least to see the message behind it. and for those of you being sick of environmental blog posts, i have to say i agree with you. i know, its/i’m terrible but i want you to know that worldly wednesdays are going to be different.

i guess for this post, i am; peaceful poe, so

lots of love,

peaceful poe

hello, please call me poe

2011-01-31T10:32:00.000-08:00

i should probably introduce myself seeing as ive been very brief. im lisa poe parup, i want to say that there is something different about me. but honestly how can i know if i havent met every human in the world? but here are some of my characteristics;

- poe thinks music makes the world a better place
- poe is desperately trying to learn how to play the ukulele
- poe loves little pretty, pointless things, they complete her
- poe thinks hats, rings, wallets and bags are among the cutest things ever made
- poe is a believer of God but would not call herself a christian
- poe is a very complicated and sometimes irritated person but loves being there for you
- poe could not live without animals

- poe loves second-hand stores, book stores, toy stores
- poe could see herself standing in the crowd of any concert, anytime
- poe wishes she had been born in 17th century england
- poe thinks old school, retro things are pretty darn rad
- poe loves winter and snow
- poe wants to be a crazy cat lady when she is older
- poe loves anything that has to do with a globe, world or map
- poe loves tiny stores in tiny alley-ways or in the middle of nowhere
- poe is a heart on the sleeve-aholic
- poe wishes she’d take more photos of her life
- poe loves desires covets adores cherishes anything vintage
- poe wishes she could write more things about herself so you can fully understand what it means to be her
- poe feels she has run out of space

im sure you will come to see some of these quirks of mine come true as you follow the blog. I think flaws and traits are what make us different from one another. id love to hear some of yours.

poe

tales of my existence

2011-01-31T10:29:00.001-08:00

name: lisa poe parup.

its great to welcome all of you readers who have decided to take some of your precious time to read this small maybe even insignificant blog. im simply blogging because im hoping someone will read and be interested by the tales that i have to tell.these images, posts, music, quotes you are about to see are just some of my few interests and fascinations. just looking out in the world trying to see if anyone else wants to share these little slices of heaven that i care so much for.

hi & welcome.

poe