Nothing But a Dreamer

This is no photoshop trick.  I swear.  That is a pink bike and its perfect.  A CBR 600, 2006 and totally customized for a female rider.  And, I'm not talking about the amazing pink features but it has been lowered in the back and stabilized for a smaller (female) body.  <3 

One of my dream bikes, right in front of me makes me tempted to say "what's another $6000 in debt?!".  *sigh* If it was mine, I would have a matching bike to my love (who rides a CBR 600), one that I wouldn't have to adjust for my size and it matches my jacket & helmet perfectly.  

But then I see a Triumph...

... And the CRB dream is quickly replaced by this beauty.

My motorcycle dream may come true this week.  But I'm not talking about a purchase, because apparently we already have a bike that is perfectly fine for me to ride...  So I've been studying hard for the upcoming M1 test.  Reading about "how to ride" is a little confusing because for me, I prefer hands-on or visual learning.  Thankfully, Chris has been good with sketching out diagrams to explain things like counter steering.  It all seems to make sense and I cannot wait to actually get on it (in a parking lot) to test out all that I have been reading.  

The love of motorcycles started when I was a little kid.  Every summer my family would spend time up at my Uncle's house, which was located in the back woods of Pembroke, a.k.a. middle of no where.  But I loved it up there.  He would always take us out for rides on his Honda motorcycle.  I remember the day when I was too big and couldn't ride in front anymore, I had to sit behind my uncle and hold on for dear life.  Sitting on the back of a motorcycle is never the same as being up front.  It's hard to explain, but I've wanted to be up and driving a bike since I was small.  

Now, with all this time on my hands... I'm finally getting my motorcycle license.  And it feels good. 

The Weekend Report: Motorcycles & Fashion

Days off are nice... the house is finally quiet (with the exception of the birds) and my personal home-reno drill Sargent is at work.  Today I plan on staying in my lazy clothes while getting through the "to do" list. This past weekend started by mid-afternoon on Friday.  Surprisingly the morning meeting that I was so nervous about went well.  After meeting up with some good friends; Mo & YC for a late lunch, I was easily convinced to explore the mall with Mo.  Thankfully my parents got me a generous gift certificate to Dynamite.  

The unplanned shopping trip worked out perfectly because on Saturday morning I did a photo shoot for Marilou at 20YS. When ML first asked to to do a shoot with her, my reaction was major anxiety.  Honestly, a huge fear of mine is being in front of the camera. I tend to make random and awkward facial expressions when people are aiming a camera at me.  But Jose was incredibly supportive and patient during the whole process.   I'm super excited to see what he comes up with because he has a lot of talent, check him out at YouGotSquared. There are  a lot of amazing photographs showcased.    

ML & I with Cloud in the Sky Studios

I won't share many pictures from the shoot because I want to make people wait until 20YS posts them.  If you follow ML or myself on twitter, you can see a fewer sneak peaks. I want to thank Marilou and Jose for being really great.  I learned that cameras aren't so scary... and if I want nicer picture of myself, I need to stop being so nervous around cameras.

After the photo-shoot, I decided to go with J's advice on practicing to build comfort with the camera.  I must say that Chris was way better this time around with being the photographer.  I'm sure my behaviour of clumping around the yard while whining might contributed to this improvment compared to last time.  Next time maybe I'll try to be more mature in asking, but probably not.

Once in more appropriate motorcycle gear, Chris and I went for a ride.  We did a long stretch, about 90KM.  I really enjoyed the cruise along the river & canal but when we hit the highway I freaked out a bit.  It was my first time and the wind was surprisingly strong, once we were off the highway my hands were cramped onto Chris's side.  I much prefer going less than 100 KM/H on the bike.   

FYI pleather high-heeled boots are not the proper biking footwear.

The remainder of Saturday included landscaping our front yard, which looks more like a mud pit with random flowers all over it then a typical grass yard.  It's not fair that landscaping means heavy lifting and digging up dirt, which isn't fun activity.  We packed up about 50 patio large stones to give away.... again more heavy lifting.  Then finished the night by digging up all the pretty flowers on the lawn to replant in a garden.  

For Sunday, Chris had more manual labour planned for us.   We traveled up to the Valley to help out with renovations for our Uncle.  As soon as we turned onto his road, the rain started.  Which was fine by me, the weather was warm enough for the rain to not suck.  The renovations meant more heavy lifting,  inside and out, the rainy & muddy conditions weren't so bad but it meant that we couldn't get some of the gardening done.  At the end of the day, we were treated to a yummy dinner then headed back home.  

Personally I prefer the colour pink on this bike.  Chris will most likely laugh really hard if I ask him to paint it so I'll just play on Photoshop until the day comes when he hands this baby down to me. That comment might sound weird to some people, but after a little "rolling down the hill incident" during this photo-op... I realized that 1) I need to take the course on riding and 2) get comfortable on a 250 before riding the 600 beast.      

Thanks for sticking through that report on the weekend... I'm shocked at that amount that I did.  Usually weekends for me are chill.  It was a fun weekend but I am glad to be resting, cleaning, studying, gardening and catching up on other random things today.  

Happy Monday Everyone!

To be a Witch? or not?

I tried my hand at doing some dramatic make-up... Usually I don't wear much because my skin is super sensitive and loves any reason to break out.  So I used some  pictures from one of my favorite fashion/make-up bloggers: Doe Deere Blogazine. She's a super beautiful girl who's very creative and talented.  I definitely need some practice and liquid black eyeliner.  

I messed up the bottom lines... I should have brought her picture and tutorial with me while trying out the new style.  It's makes me envious when girls can do such amazing make-up.  Make-up always seems to make me  look more tired and old.  I need help with make-up application!!  The goal was too look like a gothic witch. 

I usually have big issues with people dressing up as witches for Halloween because I feel like it's stereotyping.  But right now all I have available at the low cost of: $0 is an old black dress, black gloves, a black wig and a borrowed cape.. plus some crystals to accent the costume.  So I'll be hypocritical this year.  

Halloween is fast approaching and so is the first party that we'll be hosting in our new home.  Decorations were needed!  Chris and I hit up some dollar stores, to do a little bargain shopping and I realized that I'm a skeleton-kind-of-girl.  The only Halloween decorations that I liked were the creepy bones ones... at least we have a theme throughout the home now. 

It's the little things that make a house a home...

Last week I was full of stress, mindless and bitchy moments. The midterm was over for me by 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.  I emotionally and mentally crashed that night...

 

But Sunday was a new day. Full of friends, love and pie.  The cutest moment of my weekend was watching a friend's little boy loving the motorcycle.  This 5 year old, adorable little doll, just jumped at the chance to sit on the CBR.  With no fear he learned how to turn it on and what handle makes the loud noise.