sweet dreams till sunbeams find you

Hey! 

I can't believe I haven't blogged since April... Wow. It's so strange to think how recently yet how long ago that was. 
Since April, I've been to Mexico City (as you know), finished my grade 11 exams, volunteered at a musical festival, worked at a stadium, had two friends from LA come visit me, went back to LA to see my friends, went to a cottage, and started my final year of high school. Needless to say, I'm a little bit a lot terrified, no big deal. Applications are due December 2nd but no big deal hahahahaha. *crying internally*
I'm slowly trying to get back into school mode but also trying to start being creative again because, apart from some film photography, I really haven't done much art-wise in a while, which makes me really sad but I still feel like I had an amazing summer so I'm happy. 

hat, skirt & bag: h&m // shirt: hand-me-down // suspenders: hand-me-downs // heels: forever 21

P.S. I know I said I'd post pictures of Mexico City and I will try to do it asap! 
P.P.S. title is a lyric from Dream A Little Dream Of Me

elle est partie comme l'été

Hey guys, sorry for the long & unintentional hiatus but *insert excuses here* 
Anyway, I've been slowly catching up on reading all of your blogs since you guys are more productive than I am.
I also turned 17 and got more clothes and jewelry because come on, I have a never ending collection to fill am I right?!? 
Plus, I visited Mexico City (!!!) which was ah-may-zing & I'll post pictures of this majestic place as soon as those babies are developed.
Also, exams are coming up so pleeeease which me luck! And for those of you who are in the same boat, best of luck!!!

And here are a few photos from Christmas break that I never got around to posting:

\\ tank top: hand-me-down // skirt: thrifted // cardigan: hand-me-down // hat: h&m // heels: payless shoe source //

P.S. I sang/shook rice (yes, you have a pro rice shaker in your midst) to Hotel California with mah gurlz for our school's talent show:

M, S, me & my rice

Last but not least, I will probably continue to post just as sporadically so my apologies in advance.
Title is a lyric from La fièvre des fleurs by Klô Pelgag.
Das it, das all
Peace out yo

letting the days go by

Hey guys!

On the 21st, I went to a Solstice party/get-together and it was abso-freaking-lutely lovely!

The ten of us drank tea, made dinner, ate it, played Cards Against Humanity while watching The Grand Budapest Hotel, talked, played hide and seek, had group hugs/sang a High School Musical song, had a cuddle puddle, and overall had a great time.  

My friend Elena took two polaroids, one of which she kindly let me keep. To take the picture, she would stand up, point her camera at us, and wait until we'd actually return to our conversation, and be ~in the moment~ to take a picture. It made us all laugh to see her standing there, waiting for the right moment to catch us in our ~natural habitat~ 

blouse: dennis (old uniform)//crop top: urban outfitters//jeans: pacsun//hat: h&m//boots: doc martens//necklace: gift

Until this outfit, I hadn't layered since the whole wearing a t-shirt over a long-sleeve shirt trend, so this was kind of a change for me... 

Who's that in my necklace, you ask? Oh, no one... Just my husband Evan Peters nbd. Props to Manuela for the rad gift (thank you!)

I finally got my first pair of Docs back in I think November(?) and they were definitely worth the pain of breaking them in. I love them so much! ♡♡
 The title is a lyric from the strangely awesome song/video "Once In A Lifetime" by Talking Heads.

we're running out of time

Hey guys!
Sorry for the hella long hiatus! None of my recent outfit pictures have turned out the way I wanted them to so here are some from February (??) when I was still in sunny California and not freezing cold Canada. *dramatic sigh*

shirt: somewhere in new york (gift)//shorts: american apparel//shoes: vans//rings: homemade//bracelets: homemade + gifts

Anyway though, the past four months have flown by so. quickly. Eleventh grade has been so great so hectic so far.
I've been reading so much since September, we're reading a total of 24 for school this year... Yes. t w e n t y  f o u r  b o o k s !

I'm also specializing in cinema and visual arts at school which is a super interesting and hands-on class! We write, film, edit, act, analyze movies, learn about the history and technical side of film-making. I really really love it. 
We recently watched The Birds (directed by Hitchcock) and sdglf just thinking about it makes my skin crawl... It was a terrific movie, don't get me wrong but I don't think any of us are ready to see birds yet. *hides under blanket in fear* I know it sounds kinda silly to be scared of birds but holy crap man watch it and tell me you don't get the heebie-jeebies!

the special effects are pretty high-tech am I right 

I also completed and traded my first zine at a zine off which was slightly amazing and slightly terrifying at the same time??? It felt so great to be in a room full of people interested in zines who wanted support and wanted to support people. Plus it was lovely to just have a free exchange without judgement. It really felt like a community and man that felt freaking amazing. 

I've also been going to local concerts and zine readings and discovering things I didn't know about my town. It makes me kind of sad though that it took moving away and moving back to be open enough to look for and to find wonderful things here, but I guess that's what growing up is all about. 
~life lessons from céline~

x

I've been casually re-watching Gilmore Girls (I also got my friend addicted oops) and I didn't think it was possible but I actually love it even more than i did when I first watched it as a kid. And that is because I actually understand the literary, film and cultural references now and my family and I have a similar fast-paced humour/dialogue thing that we didn't when I was seven. 

x

Title is a lyric from Twenty-nine by Christmas Island
P.S. it's almost my blog's first birthday which is slightly scary/blowing my mind
P.P.S I GOT MY BRACES OFF BACK IN OCTOBER!!
Are you excited for Christmas or does it still feel like November for you too? Have you seen any good/terrifying movies lately? Do you make zines/love Gilmore Girls? 
P.P.P.S If you've gotten this far high five man you're the cooliest so have some imaginary brownies and presents! (thank you!)

give me one good reason

The other day, my friend and I went to one of the LGBT Pride concerts, RuPaul's Drag Race: Battle of the Seasons. 
It. Was. Awesome. 
RuPaul's Drag Race is basically the drag queen version of America's Next Top Model. The drag queens that performed were gorgeous, talented, hilarious and super sassy. They danced, sang & lip-synched. Bianca did some stand-up and then even got people from the crowd to dance on stage. It was a pretty hilarious night.
Bianca Del Rio is the sassiest person to ever exist. Ever.

\\hat: h&m -rings: various - bracelet: san diego zoo - crop top: west 49 - skirt: d-tow - socks: dennis - shoes: vans//

casually wearing my actual school socks nbd   

The best song ever:

if you ever wondered what a badass schoolgirl looked like... this is it *falls off bench*

Alaska 

Title is a lyric from Budapest by Geogre Ezra
Thank you to Madison and my mom for taking these pictures for me!

every inch of you is perfect

I still can't wrap my head around the fact that I have about a week of summer left. How did summer fly by so quickly??? Mind=blown 
The end of summer means the beginning of my junior year which is pretty terrifying. In movies, junior year always looks super fun and the perfect year to skip classes and go crazy, party, be a rebellious teenager *dramatically removes sunglasses to show a total badass look* I have a sneaky feeling I won't be doing any of those though. *sigh*
I have had a great summer though and hope you all did too!
I know I was kind of MIA for a long time but hopefully as the school year starts I'll be a bit more inspired. 
So without further ado here are a few pictures of what I wore today; nothing special, just something casual to walk around town in but also loose enough not to suffocate because it is so dang hot here.
Thank you to my momma who took these for me (hi mom!)

\\tank top: urban outfitters - crop top: h&m - shorts: thrifted - shoes: vans - sunglasses: local boutique//

how cool are these bad boys?? i love my new babies very very very very much 

Title is a lyric from All About That Bass - Meghan Trainer 

How were your summers? Is it super hot where you are?

i care but i don't care

Hola chicas!

The festivals have been ah may zing!
So far, I've seen:
Snarky Puppy - Steve Martin and The Steep Canyon Rangers - Earth, Wind, & Fire - Aretha Franklin - Bobby McFerrin - Danny Brown - RL Grime - Adventure Club - Journey - Zedd - Lady Gaga - Brothers Dubé - Mac DeMarco - St Vincent

St Vincent was incredible. 
She's so strange/crazy/cool/talented, I was kinda awe-struck. 
Her voice is beautiful, her guitar playing is mind-blowing and she's just such a performer, it was a great show. 
Her whole show was actually really minimalist but also very staged and yet she still had the whole audience hooked, which was definitely impressive. She had this whole persona and dance moves down including this foot shuffle that, if you couldn't see her feet, you'd think she was on a moving catwalk. 

She had a bunch of mind blowing guitar solos and, during one of them she and her band member smiled at each other because they could hear us cheering and it just warmed my heart that they were happy and adorable and awww band members <3 

During another guitar solo, security carried her back and forth along the gate so fans could touch her and then when she got back on stage she did that crazy turning on the floor while playing guitar and hitting the pedal with her heel even though she can't see it and even playing with the guitar behind her head thing. It was sick and I was impressed times infinity because wowowowow she is amazing. 

I didn't take any pictures because I just wanted to enjoy the show and soak in everything.
Check her out if you haven't already and if you have the opportunity to go see her, you reeeeeally should because it was quite a show!

These were taken at my new favourite spot; I call it the Dr Seuss place because the fake giant door, fake TV, fake windows and two chairs and the colours remind me of his stories and this place just makes me happy.

Also, yes, the purple is sadly already almost completely faded and back to blonde.

The title is a lyric from Digital Witness by St Vincent

Big thank you to Madison who took these for me and encouraged me to buy the glasses.

Wearing: 
shirt - old navy // tank top - old navy // skirt - h&m // tights - h&m // heels - forever 21
hat - h&m // sunglasses - local boutique // purse - h&m 

How are your summers going? Have you been to any festivals or concerts lately?

i can't live without you now

Hello darlings!

Summer has officially started!!!
A little hair update: if you didn't already know, I have blonde hair and a side shave which has actually grown pretty quickly. Plus I recently dyed my hair purple!
I'm finally reunited with my bestie Madison after not seeing her for a year!! So here are some outfit photos we took! :)

~me~
shirt: dennis
shorts: american apparel 
shoes: vans
purse: h&m

My shirt is actually my school uniform shirt that I tie-dyed in AP Art on our last day. I really like how the design and pastel dye (dye+water) turned out.

~madison~
shirt: merchnow.com
shorts: american eagle
bag: billabong

Madison's wearing a Sleeping With Sirens shirt as it's one of her favourite bands. She bought it online and eventually cut it.

madison recently dyed her hair blonde
pins: all but two are homemade

mah hurrrr

I've been volunteering at a music festival, as I've mentioned before, and got to see Steve Martin and Earth, Wind & Fire, among others! THEY WERE SO GOOD!
Please check out my best friend Valentina's blog!
The title is a lyric from Stomach Tied In Knots by Sleeping With Sirens

you can ring my bell

Hello dolls!
School's almost ouuuuut!!!! I can't wait for summer so I can lazily watch movies, read and write as much as I want, be stress free, shop, stay up late, and not have to worry about school or homework. 

Yesterday was my first day interning at a theatre and it was really interesting, I made part of the programs for the upcoming shows so that was cool!
After my internship, I go back to school to write the world's longest report on it then have an oral exam on it as well then
I'm freeeeeeeeeee!!!!

Soon, I'll be volunteering at a music festival, going to a music festival, celebrating Canada Day, and hopefully having an amazing summer! 

nail polish - h&m (it lasted 2 days worth of pool & a whole week before chipping)
ring - urban outfitters 

Saturday was one of my deerest (hi) friends' birthday and he had a dance party and it was absolutely lovely! 
The music was awesome for dancing, especially because there were different genres like disco, punk, rock, techno-ish, latino music, basically everything except pop. 
Plus, there was really good food, an adorable dog and a cute roof-climbing cat. 
My friend Chanelle and I recently discovered the beauty that is a slack line and we're slightly obsessed and there magically was one at the party and I'll let you guess what happened...
(hint: we went on it a lot) 
Also, I got to spend time and dance with some of my best friends and who doesn't like dancing or spending time with their favourite people???

~and now, the moment you've all been waiting for...~

~the clothes~

jacket - a generous gift from my best friend
grey crop top - h&m
black skater skirt - h&m
purple shoes - vans
bloody legs - mine thabks

I may or may not wear this skirt basically 24/7 which is weird because I didn't use to be very fond of skirts, but I guess I got more used to them because of my uniform. And also, once I got this one, I fell in love and now I love skirts!
I'm wearing my purple vans because I knew I was gonna dance around and twirl like a princess, woohoooooo!

choker - thrifted
necklace - somewhere in Korea

I love this outfit because it looks so grungy and I feel like a total badass in it. (It's mostly the jacket to be honest)

back of the jacket

Can we just take a second to admire this jacket.
~swoon~

My best friend Christina very (times infiniti) generously gave me this jacket and I lovelovelovelovelovelovelove it, it's so soft and gorgeous and grungy and reminds me of Asia and i just... *sighs of love*

FUNNY STORY TIME
So, walking from the party down a PITCH BLACK pathway to our car, my mom says "step step" so I repeat "watch the step" to my friends after taking the step and thinking "wow, thank god I knew about it, good thing I told them, now they won't fall unless they don't listen, that would be funny" *evilly laughs on the inside* 
Then I trip on the second step, hit the edge against my legs, fall on the steps and now I have the world's biggest scrape on my leg and two smaller ones on both legs.

This may not sound that painful but it bled like a drop so it was obviously super painful and also the scrape is about (casually just measured it for you) 7 centimeters long and 4 centimeters wide and hurts even when I don't touch it and stings all the time. *dramatically cries*
After everyone made sure I was ok, we're all laughing (them more than me) and my mom says "I said step step, that's what we told Splash (a blind dog we knew)! Step step means two steps, come on Céline!" 
Thanks mom, I'm clumsier and understand less than a blind dog.
Awesome.

Hope my painful story made you smile at least. :)

What are your plans for this summer? What have you been up to lately? Anything painful yet funny happen to you?

Thanks to Valentina for taking these pictures (and actually wanting to) with her super pro camera

Special thanks to Christina for the lovely jacket
Title is a lyric from Ring My Bell by Anita Ward (piewwww)

i was a visitor everywhere else

Happy belated Valentine's Day! Of course, I went to a movie about true love with my best friend along with a theatre full of other girls doing the exact same as we were. I did however "rebel" against love with my outfit.

overalls: forever 21; top: urban outfitters; moccasins: ross

It was really hard to figure out what to wear with the overalls, which by the way are super comfy.

I love these overalls but depending on what I wear with them, they make me look like a) a school girl or b) a worker so I picked this black crop top with little dancing skeletons on it and my moccasins. I also wore a black bowler hat from H&M that I absolutely love and wear with basically everything.

How was your Valentine's Day? Did you have a Valentine? What did you do and wear?