Monday, October 29, 2012

my halloween 2012 costume: breaking bad and blue crystal meth

Even with Sandy approaching on Saturday, I was ready to kick it into Halloween gear. We had bought tickets for a pub crawl on Groupon, and it was time to use them!

Plus, I really wanna show off my costume ASAP.

If you watch Breaking Bad, you're probably going to love this. If you don't, you're going to think I'm a crazy drug addict. Whatevs.

Lots of people were Heisenberg, Jesse Pinkman, Mr White, etc.... but how many people actually dressed as their blue crystal meth?! This girl did.


Of course, I had my drug makers: 
High five to making me?! That just got awkward.

To be honest, my costume didn't come out nearly as good as I hoped/imagined in my head... and it also didn't stay in my budget.

I got the blue dress for $10, but had to buy a bunch of styrofoam which is a lot more expensive than I imagined. Each cube was $2.50-3.00 depending on where I bought them, and they didn't cover nearly as much space as I originally planned out. Also, some styrofoam cubes disintegrate when spray painted.

Anyway, I spray painted all of the cubes, cut them in half, and made some other smaller pieces out of other blocks I got. Some were pinned on [pins attached to the cubes with hot glue], and others were just straight up hot glued onto the dress once it was on my person. A clear, large trash bag was put on top to be the baggy, obvi.

I really wanted way more cubes/styrofoam on the dress, with virtually no dress showing, but it was uncomfortable and actually pretty heavy already. Sitting in the cab or at the bar was virtually impossible unless I wanted to hike up my dress so high my Britney showed. 

Back to the fun- During our bar crawl, we ran into Los Pollos Hermano! I mean, he had never heard of the show before, but when we explained it, he was all about that being his official costume.


I'd like to think I'm the only one who was clever enough to dress as the meth, and not just hand it out, but I'm not. @ohyayitsholly on instagram did it, too... but she just had tiny little pieces all over a body suit. Her make-up trumped me, though.


After my Twitter bird costume just started to go viral, you better believe I'm gonna try and make the world see these, too. If you're a Breaking Bad fan, I'd love your help!

In the meantime, send me pictures of YOUR costumes on Facebook, Twitter, instagram [@luvelizabethany], or email! I'll do my annual Halloween on the Internet round-up on Thursday!

love,
elizabethany

Friday, October 26, 2012

what they look like now: nicky and alex from full house

Why haven't I looked this up before, considering I watch Full House EVERY MORNING?! Beats me. But I'm glad I've found out what these adorbs twins look like now:


Hott. Damn. I am SO not mad about how they turned out. In fact, they're 21 now, so if you'll excuse me, I have some work to do if I want them in my bed life ASAP. 


love,
elizabethany


watch etv: going through "the village of the dead"

Something you might know about me: I'm terrified of the dark, and I also really hate scary movies. Being startled/surprised: not my thing.

So when I went through "The Village of the Dead" at Haunted Hunt Club Farms, ALONE [well, only a cameraman and one friend with me], I almost peed.

The thing about almost peeing is that's not even the worst part. I did bust my lip, fall down onto some dead body thing, and have tears stream out of my eyes. Luckily it was for a good cause: A video.


When you see us on the ground, we had run away, then ran into some zombie, fell down, and Jewel hit her head on a bridge. No one helped us up. They stood over us and laughed. It was a real life scary movie.

They were all told ahead of time that we were coming in, what our names were, and that they were allowed to touch us [normally they're not]. I hate knowing people sometimes.

It's hard for me to watch that video. I seriously squirm every time. Hopefully it's fun for someone to watch.

love,
elizabethany

Thursday, October 25, 2012

real world portland: pics of the cast partying

A video rocked the world of Real World stalkers earlier this week. It was supposedly a fight between Jessica, Nia [Moore], and Johnny... The weird parts: There were no cameras around, it was hard to see anything, and it was deleted a couple days later. I don't know if it was a fake, a ploy to get some publicity for this season that most people are expecting to be hella boring, or a legit leaked video that BMP had removed.

Now that we've addressed that, let's move onto some photos that won't be taken down.

Jordan and I think that's Averey. 




The much-hated [in the comments section of my blog] Jessica.. His caption with the bottom one is "Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another, 'What! You too? I thought I was the only one."

These are all taken from Ryan Downs' [the guy who's in all of them] Facebook. He also regularly hangs out with Tony Pieper from The Bachelorette, too. [Based on pictures, I really wonder if he shoulda been on Bachelorette, and not the Bachelor.....]

I don't know what his connection with the roommates is beyond being a guy who's known by everyone in town. Someone suggested that he has a relationship with one of them, but I can't see that in the pictures. 

Jessica certainly looks like a normal, fun, girl that I'd probably try to be friends with in these pictures. I am beyond interested to see how she is. After reading the 80+ comments on her post [90% of which are REALLY bad], I have no idea what to think! Ryan seems to like her, though!

Rumor has it they've also finished production and sent the cast home. That'd be about the right timing, but it's lame for them to miss out on Halloween! Womp.

love,
elizabethany

then and now: more crushes from the 90s

I've posted what some of the biggest heartthrobs from the 90s look like now, but Buzzfeed is helping me out with showing you what some guys and girls are looking like now!

The Pink Ranger/Amy Jo Johnson looks the exact same. 

Atreyu from "The Never Ending Story"... is just a whole different person.

Smart Kid Tahj Mowry may have been young then, but hott damn I wanna break me off a piece of that now.

Didn't see that coming from Winnie Cooper. 

Kirk Cameron makes a hotttt older Mike Seaver, but a douchey one. 

Benny/Mike Vitar aged, but is recognizable anywhere. 

Didn't see this coming from Haley Joel Osment, either. Yikes.

Pretty sure everyone knows what she looks like today, but can we mention how Topanga DOESN'T AGE?!

Once a sex pot, always a sex pot for Wendy Peffercorn.

And maybe the most disappointing one for me, JTT looks the exact same, but he is everything but attractive to me. He's let himself go... right into the world of nasty smokers. 

You can see more of them here [many of which I've posted in other posts]. Don't let your heart get broken too much. 

love,
elizabethany

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It's only week 2 of What You Wearin Wednesday, and I'm lovin that people are tweeting me their bods! Err... outfits. 

Yesterday was mostly comfortable for everyone sending me pics. 

@audreyz_mom was totally rockin what I call the EB-face, and a cute tee!

I can't even stand how cute all of @jannashepherd's outfits are. This one she got on sale from LC Lauren Conrad at Kohls!

@BrookeOnHot makes even a sweatshirt and running shoes look good!

@Siarrahhh said she loves her job... Assuming that says Buffalo Wild Wings, I DO TOO!


Speaking of job, one of my coworkers @JoolRee looked cute at the farm!

And Heather got comfortable while Brandon got nerdy.

I completely forgot to take an outfit pic, but as the kickoff to Halloween week, I rocked a Katy Perry wig and just some colorful clothes. Part Katy Perry, part Rainbow Brite? I have no idea... but a $5 Purple wig from Five Below is fun.

Now I finally have something to look forward to on Wednesdays [besides the Challenge/Real World, of course]! Hopefully you do, too!

And if you ever need fashion inspiration, here's some to check out!

love,
elizabethany

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

photo diary: my annual trip to morgantown

Last week I wondered if it was as "uncool" to go back to college after graduation and party like you're still a student... cuz ya know, the college kids going back to high school parties is like SO LAME.

Too bad I didn't care. I've been going to Morgantown at least once a year SINCE I graduated, and still owning the town.

I didn't plan on posting anything about the trip, but I got some pretty amazing pictures that I just have to share.

This is us olds' "victory pic," after beating the youngins in a game of what I call "Relay For Life." [I know... a drinking game called that... it's just wrong.]

As my BFF Mandy said- You know sweet baby Jesus is a Mountaineer when there's a sunset like that. Perfection. 

Corey and Rob's first experience in Morgantown! 



Silly school officials putting up "NO OPEN FIRES" signs and acting like we won't change them. #CouchBurnerForLife


Both of those are from my brother's house. Pictures don't even do the views justice most of the time.

I was too busy pretending like I'm not a grown-up with a "professional" job to take crazy party pics, but I like all of those better anyway. I can party any time. I can't burn off all my drinking calories from one night in one single walk home every weekend.

love,
elizabethany

PS: I refuse to acknowledge the outcome of the game, so you shut your mouth, mmmmkay?!

i was in the "local's hottest" magazine!

There's a relatively new publication in Hampton Roads called "The Local's Hottest." It's a free little mini-mag that tells people all about the coolest things to do and places to go, happenings, and people they should know.

In the October issue, I was featured in the "Locals Hottest DJs" section! Just a quick little blurb about who I am and where to find me [and a quote from my Facebook bio].


Look around for the print version all over Hampton Roads, but you can also check out the website any time!

And I have to thank Leslie Woodruff of Woodruff Photography who took some pictures of me a couple months ago for it! Even though my hair is completely different now, I'm loving some of these shots she got!




Obviously I had to get one with my BFF Justin Bieber [and the photobombing Taylor Lautner. Rude, dude.]

I love photoshoots! :)

love,
elizabethany

Thursday, October 18, 2012

new thing!- what YOU wearin wednesdays!

I'm always trying to get you and everyone involved in the things I do, not just on the show, but online too! And since I'm all about looking at people's outfits these days, I've decided to do "What You Wearin' Wednesdays."

No, I'm not trying to cyber with you sluts.. I just want to see what you wear on a normal day! [Or, if you wanna start dressing up for the occasion, by all means, do it!]

Here's what ya sent me yesterday:

@JannaShepherd in her awesomely decorated work bathroom, and loving the coral jeans!

@ashleyfay was stuck at work at Target!

@ClaireScatter with a sweater/scarf from Forever 21, Steve Madden boots, and a Kate Spade "super cute" phone case! 

@JenDBradley's favorite Doctor Who shirt brings the party!

I feel like @JohnKnowsSports' shirt should be in my dresser.

@KaciKruz is rocking what People Style Watch tells me is a huge trend- Girly pieces paired with leather or manlier pieces

@MDeFunk's outfit has got to be Pinspired. Variations of it all over the place! 

@MilaMimica1 with boots and a cardigan- love!

My coworkers Heather and @RomulaLynn dressed for a chilly day at Haunted Hunt Club Farms!

And I obviously have to jump in on the fun, too! I broadcast live from the local farm that turns into an awesome, haunted, fun place for Halloween, so I obviously had to get a little country. Although I think people walking by would guess I did country radio before thinking Top 40.

My mom found the shirt at the thrift store! [Here's a similar one!] My jeans are Britney Spears' Candies', and the shoes are from my awesome Texas friends. As for the earrings- I've got a post coming up all about this website I found you need to check out! 

I'm excited to see everyone's outfits every week now! I LOVE the variety that I got! THANK YOU for sending them to me!

love,
elizabethany