Modcloth Quiz of the Month: Calling Collections

Hey dolls!

So I found this quiz on Modcloth's blog and thought it would be fun to share on here :) Read my answers below and leave a comment with yours as well - I would love to read them!

Chrissy's Answers:

1. d: A convertible. I mean, no question really. Every girl wants to ride in a convertible with the music blaring and hair flowing beautifully in the wind while driving towards the sunset on a perfect summer day. Of course, I would have the cutest white summer dress and floppy hat along with some classic aviators and bright nail polish to complete this blissful picture!

2. c: Captain Kate. I think when you say Captain, it sounds so masculine and then you finish that phrase with a feminine name like, oh I don't know - Chrissy, there's a sense of strength in it's unfamiliarity. It would be nice to woman a crew of sailors like Keira Knightley in Pirates of The Caribbean.

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3. b: Love pomegranates and pears. I am an island girl so fruits make me super happy and I will eat a plate of fruits without complaining for iced tea or vodka any day!

4. d: I would be an exclamation point. I am super hyper and bubbly. I just love to laugh and enjoy the good things in life. I have been bit of a negative Nancy these days, walking around with a dark cloud over my head. But things are looking up and I am on the right track and feeling more like myself :)

5. c: Travelling the world has been a passion of mine since I was a little girl. It has always been a dream and I know I am going to do everything I can to make it happen. I love seeing the world and the people in it, experiencing everything around me and just reveling in the beauty of it all. *Cue "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong *

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6. I don't know. I have always appreciated art, history and fashion even though I don't know much or enough about any of it to impart my "knowledge" to other people. I would probably teach something like public relations or marketing :)

7. a: I always find that every thing does indeed have a silver lining. The world is a better place when we look for the positives.

8. None. I think I'd love a night at the theater. So grown up and sophisticated. Karaoke is great too - let loose and be comfortable with each other and everyone else who has to hear you "sing". I wouldn't do any of this on a first date though. I'd like something a bit low-key like dinner and a movie. You gotta test the waters before you jump in it!

9. c: Huge flare jeans belted with a flowy printed blouse tucked in. Sky high wedges, a crossbody bag slung on my shoulder and wavy hair. My inner boho girl just gave me a high five!

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10. Actually it's peonies and lilies and of course, every girl loves roses. I just basically can't choose. Gimme anything pretty and I'll be smiling all day.

So pick one question or answer them all - I would love to read your answers in the comments!


xo-Chrissy

Quote: A Girl Who Reads ~ Rosemarie Urquico

Hi lovers,

I found this and had to share it with you. If you have the time (and patience!) to read it, it truly is beautiful. Words have so much power and this is a great example :)

Source: weheartit.com

“You should date a girl who reads. 

Date a girl who reads. Date a girl who spends her money on books instead of clothes, who has problems with closet space because she has too many books. Date a girl who has a list of books she wants to read, who has had a library card since she was twelve. 

Find a girl who reads. You’ll know that she does because she will always have an unread book in her bag. She’s the one lovingly looking over the shelves in the bookstore, the one who quietly cries out when she has found the book she wants. You see that weird chick sniffing the pages of an old book in a secondhand book shop? That’s the reader. They can never resist smelling the pages, especially when they are yellow and worn. 

She’s the girl reading while waiting in that coffee shop down the street. If you take a peek at her mug, the non-dairy creamer is floating on top because she’s kind of engrossed already. Lost in a world of the author’s making. Sit down. She might give you a glare, as most girls who read do not like to be interrupted. Ask her if she likes the book. 

Buy her another cup of coffee. 

Let her know what you really think of Murakami. See if she got through the first chapter of Fellowship. Understand that if she says she understood James Joyce’s Ulysses she’s just saying that to sound intelligent. Ask her if she loves Alice or she would like to be Alice. 

It’s easy to date a girl who reads. Give her books for her birthday, for Christmas, for anniversaries. Give her the gift of words, in poetry and in song. Give her Neruda, Pound, Sexton, Cummings. Let her know that you understand that words are love. Understand that she knows the difference between books and reality but by god, she’s going to try to make her life a little like her favorite book. It will never be your fault if she does. 

She has to give it a shot somehow. 

Lie to her. If she understands syntax, she will understand your need to lie. Behind words are other things: motivation, value, nuance, dialogue. It will not be the end of the world. 

Fail her. Because a girl who reads knows that failure always leads up to the climax. Because girls who read understand that all things must come to end, but that you can always write a sequel. That you can begin again and again and still be the hero. That life is meant to have a villain or two. 

Why be frightened of everything that you are not? Girls who read understand that people, like characters, develop. Except in the Twilight series. 

If you find a girl who reads, keep her close. When you find her up at 2 AM clutching a book to her chest and weeping, make her a cup of tea and hold her. You may lose her for a couple of hours but she will always come back to you. She’ll talk as if the characters in the book are real, because for a while, they always are. 

You will propose on a hot air balloon. Or during a rock concert. Or very casually next time she’s sick. Over Skype. 

You will smile so hard you will wonder why your heart hasn’t burst and bled out all over your chest yet. You will write the story of your lives, have kids with strange names and even stranger tastes. She will introduce your children to the Cat in the Hat and Aslan, maybe in the same day. You will walk the winters of your old age together and she will recite Keats under her breath while you shake the snow off your boots. 

Date a girl who reads because you deserve it. You deserve a girl who can give you the most colorful life imaginable. If you can only give her monotony, and stale hours and half-baked proposals, then you’re better off alone. If you want the world and the worlds beyond it, date a girl who reads. 

Or better yet, date a girl who writes.” 

― Rosemarie Urquico 

On a different yet similar vein, read this:

“…Don’t date a girl who reads because girls who read are storytellers. You with the Joyce, you with the Nabokov, you with the Woolf. You there in the library, on the platform of the metro, you in the corner of the café, you in the window of your room. You, who make my life so goddamned difficult. The girl who reads has spun out the account of her life and it is bursting with meaning. She insists that her narratives are rich, her supporting cast colorful, and her typeface bold. You, the girl who reads, make me want to be everything that I am not. I am weak and I will fail you, because you have dreamed, properly, of someone who is better than I am. You will not accept the life of which I spoke at the beginning of this piece. You will accept nothing less than passion, and perfection, and a life worthy of being told. So out with you, girl who reads. Take the next southbound train and take your Hemingway with you. 

Or, perhaps, stay and save my life.”

~ Charles Warnke

A Few of My Favorite Things

These are just a few of my favorite things at the moment and I wanted to share:


1. I don't want to give this away just yet, but it's Calvin Klein so you know it's good! I know, I really shouldn't tease when it comes to serious business ;)


2. Pretty thank you cards. It's so important to be grateful and show appreciation. 


3. My vintage Gucci wallet. This was given to me as a gift by my mother. 


4. On my reading list for spring break.


5. An assortment of some of my necklaces


6. I love this piece of wall art. it says, "Good girls are just bad girls who don't get caught." Ain't it true?


7. Coach key chain given to me by an old friend


8. It's all in the details. Will feature this one soon-ish :)


9. Gooey chocolatey goodness - nom nom nom

Hope you all have a good rest of your week and a happy, safe spring break! Don't forget to follow me on Google Friend Connect (Join This Site button on sidebar as well as Bloglovin.) You can also find me here:

Summer To-Do List

I know Summer officially started on June 21st, but as far as I'm concerned, it's been a month and a half since I got done with uni for the year. I have just exactly half of my vacation time left before I have to go back to the same old routine of crazy class schedule/ numerous part time jobs/ internship and a good ole dose of stress. I am determined to have a good summer and so far I have, but I want to make it better, so I wrote up a  Summer To-Do List! I live in a tiny college town in the Midwest and don't have a lot of moolah to go traveling, which is what I would really love to do! But the little things count too and I want to make the most of it. I probably won't be able to do everything, but it's good to know I have options! Most of these activities can be things to do by yourself or even better - with friends and loved ones :)

Summer 2011 To-Do List

Sit around a bonfire and eat s'mores

Have a water balloon fight!

Go for a walk along a wooded path

See the sunrise

Have a picnic

Watch the sunset 

Take pictures with friends

Get in shape

Go to the beach

Catch a fish

Learn to cook - or learn to cook better :)

Explore the city/town/area you live in - know your way around the city-bus routes/subway 

Play boardgames

Have a movie-marathon

Go to a drive-in movie theater and reminisce the old days :)

Play charades

Read - yes, for fun, preferably outdoors, in the sun.

Throw a themed party!

Discover a new talent

Meditate

Play truth or dare with your friends (for old times sake)

Blow bubbles

Go to an amusement park

Go golfing!

Try your hand at baking - homemade cupcakes anyone?

Go horseback riding

Go swimming

Go skinny dipping in a lake in the middle of the night!

Play some frisbee

Play volleyball

Go to a ballgame

Travel to another country - another state counts too :)

Take a boat ride

Attend a concert

Go canooeing

Plant something

Jump on a trampoline - works wonders for cellulite!

Lie under the stars at night :)

Learn how to sew

Run around in the sprinklers

Jump in a pool with your clothes on!

Swing on the swings at a park

Go camping

Get a tattoo or a piercing

Dance in the rain

Get a pyschic reading done - just for kicks :)

Swing from a rope into a lake

Go rock climbing

Lay with someone during a thunderstorm and just listen to the sounds

 

Go tubing

Play paintball

Ride a tandem bike

Have a pillow fight

Watch fireflies

 

Go sailing

Volunteer your time to a worthy cause

Start to believe that you can truly have whatever you want

Lie around in the grass with your sunglasses & a pair of headphones on

Go to this year’s hot summer flick

Go roller-skating

Walk barefoot through the grass

Take a nap under a shady tree.

Learn to grill

Aaah, I LOVE summer!!! Tell me, which of these have you done? Do you have other ideas? Enjoy your summer!

{All pictures courtesy of Google images, weheartit.com and pinterest.com}