Let the light shine through

Source: Via {This Is Glamourous}

I am preoccupied with interior design. I need my own space. I have two other girls sleeping in my bedroom with me and what's worse, the whole room is purple - down to the lilac wall paint. Its not hideous, by any means; its just incredibly undeniably NOT ME. 

I love this room, yellow and white is a favorite combination for me. Especially this pale yellow. It just calms me down...makes me happy. 

I wish I wasn't living at home. This is ridiculous.

The Sea Gypsy

Source: Lenaah's Flickr

A friend of mine came across this poem by Richard Hovey ,originally published sometime in the late 19th century, in a book of children's poetry from the forties, and she wrote it down. She read it aloud to me and I immediately had to write it down. There's something about it that catches me, and enthralls me. Its supposed to be about the ocean, but its lustful, passionate, more like a love poem, and I understand.

I am fevered with the sunset,

I am fretful with the bay,

for the wander thirst is on me

and my soul is in Cathay.

*

There's a schooner in the offing,

with her topsails shot with fire,

and my heart has gone aboard her

for the Islands of Desire.

*

I must forth again tomorrow! 

With the sunset I must be,

hull down on the trail of rapture

in the wander of the Sea.

You Take My Breath Away

...That's what my dad used to say to me when I was little. And I was so embarrassed by it that I made him stop. I really regret that now.

Just a few of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. Loveliness is everywhere.

From top:

• Rachel Weisz
• Kate Moss
• Audrey Hepburn
• Natalie Portman
• Liv Tyler
• Kaya Scodelario

Welcome to the OC, Bitch

Lately, all I want to do is read. I want to find a nice cafe somewhere, and sit there all day and read a stack of books, just switch to a different one whenever I feel like it. No one calling me, no distractions, no people I need to see, just happily flipping through page after page of a towering stack of books on every imaginable subject.

I have the books, and I have the cafe, but then things start going downhill. Back in San Francisco, there was always someone who wanted to see me, or something I had to take care of before I moved back home (yeah, its pitiful) or work at 5 in the morning or or or...and I never really did get to read all those books I'd collected.

Now I'm back in Newport (cue tears and ululating) and I have EIGHT people in my house, with a two year old in the mix who seems to have a radar for people who don't want to play with her, parents who are dead set on harassing me "for my own good" so I don't "stagnate", and four other children. Oh, and my uncle is coming to stay for a week in a few days. Kill me now. 

I just want to READ damn it. Can't everyone just leave me ALONE? I promise, I'll do everything else, just give me a few days to myself. There's so much happening all the time. 

At least Kate Moss is serene, although I'd quite like to change her choice of reading material.

Tough it Out

Source: Unkown

So I apparently have some kind of brain bacteria, which sounds disgusting and is disgusting and makes me feel drugged up and stupid. Now I really am drugged up on antibiotics (thank you free clinic!) and hopefully that will help. 

I LOVE this picture. Its one of those pictures that's stayed with me over the years. One of my best friends in high school had this picture taped to her wall and I never knew where it was from and have, on occasion,  scoured google image search for it but to no avail. I stumbled across it via visualize.us today and I was so exited! I still don't know where its from, so if you do, please leave a comment and let me know so I can give credit where credit most decidedly is due. 

I dunno...she's just so tough and sexy, and I love how freakishly long her legs are. They're so cool looking :)

Love and coffee.

Does your Name Spell CHIC?

Via: Nom Nom Nom Tumblr

Tired. Really really tired. With a capital T. Its 2 am and my insomnia is back. I want to do things, try things, see things, go places, be with interesting, new people. Aaaaaand I can't because its 2 am. Duh. 

So I'm going alittle stir crazy. I need to get out of this apartment, get my own space, decorate how I want, make a sanctuary. When I lived at my mom's it wasn't allways pleasant to be home but my room was safe...er, anyway. It was exactly as I wanted it, all the things I loved. And I totally took that for granted. My own space, my God, my kingdom for a goddamn HORSE. 

Anyway. Hem. I want to do great things...don't you? 

And the first step to doing great things is to live in an inspiring space. 

I'm on my way. 

Bloomingly

Brothersbloom.com

I just saw The Brothers Bloom for the second time, it is one of the best movies I've seen all year. Seriously. I'm in love. It suits me...perfectly. Everything about it means something to me and I understand it well and identify with it. Plus, its hysterical and super fun and crazy.

GO GO NOW.

Wooooooowwwwwwww

via: FFFFound!

Ok so I started to get a few hits, which reminded me that I had this (I'm ditzy). So I'll try to post on this more often. Lets sayyyyyy 3 days a week? To start with.
So while I was away, I set up a few other accounts: tumblr, weheartit, visualize.us, lookbook, and twitter. I had fun lol.
So I've been especially busy on weheartit and tumblr, but if you by any chance want to find me on any of these sites, here are my names...

tumblr: http://gildedzwaar.tumblr.com/

weheartit: my username is wishbone

visualize.us: username wishbone

lookbook.nu: username wishbone

twitter: username AnnaEG

For those of you who don't know weheartit.com, you need to go. Right now. Its so much fun! Its basically like an online inspiration board for the entire world. Anytime you find a picture online you can post it to weheartit and everyone gets to view it and it gets put into your personal weheartit "library". It really is pretty cool, go try it out :)
Visualize.us is similar, just more annoying and lookbook is to post your daily style ie: outfits you wear. Sometimes cool, sometimes just suuuuuper pretentious, lol.
Also, I was thinking about holding a little contest or something with those of you who do read this thing. Last time I tried this it didn't even get any replies, so if you like the idea then comment and if I get five or more people interested we'll do it :)

Talk to you...few soon!

Find me on Polyvore

Sorry :(

I haven't posted in a while. Not that anybody reads this thing, but I ought to act as if they do. Anyway, I'll try to be better. School keeps me busy thats all :S