seven things you may have always wanted to know...

So, I was tagged by Rio of Showers of Sunflowers with the Versatile Blogger Award! While I'm not sure what's versatile, per se about it, I certainly enjoyed learning more about Rio... go check out her blog... and I thought it might be fun. To keep things visual, I'll include a few pictures from a not-quite-photoshoot recently!



The rules are: to tell your readers 7 things about yourself, and then tag seven other bloggers (and inform them, I guess).

So, in no particular order, here goes:

1. I'm dual-citizenship British-Canadian, courtesy of my dad. While this ethnic mix isn't very surprising, it's been awesome for me! The British passport allows me to work all over the European Union. (Americans: you can work anyway... I had loads of illegal American friends in Barcelona and some of them made more money than me; life was just a tad more stressful).
2. I'm writing a children's novel, with the plan to become the next J.K. Rowling (joke). It's about two children in Vancouver, one local and one a foreigner, who stumble into a parallel forest-Vancouver world where the people all have tree-features and where there are strange and valuable hybrid animals (such a spirit bear-Chinese lion mix) that represent are mixed-up culture and imaginations). I'm currently proofreading the first draft, so obviously I'd much rather be doing my blog!
3. I have two younger sisters, one is on the waitlist for a nursing program and the other studies human rights.



4. I'm completely commitment-phobic with regards to life decisions. My transient lifestyle would stress a lot of people out, including me, but I simply can't stand the thought of living anywhere too long.
5. Erm, I really hate it when people leave comments like, "Cute!!!! Come follow my blog!!!!" You are of course allowed to mention your blog in comments sections, but if you're on my blog let's at least pretend the conversation is about that! ; )
6. I'm a terrible and nervous driver. I had to learn standard recently in South Africa and I did, but I was terrified 100% of the time, managed to scratch the rental car before I left, and am sooooo glad to be back to walking/biking again.
7. If you're still with me, this is an official announcement! I'm moving to London to start a Masters degree in three weeks. This was kind of decided over the weekend (commitment-phobia) when the Admissions department finally decided I was European enough to pay local fees. I'm excited, and really nervous!


On an entirely unrelated note, don't you love how these earrings look silhouetted against the sky. Very skeletal I think! I always think of them as leaves (and they are) but a friend of mine once pointed out that they could also be hearts... the anatomical kind.

Ok, I'm going to pass this on to:
1. Anthea of Embracing Style
2. Emily of Resplendent Tranquility
3. SMASH of Milk Teeths
4. Diana of Dressed Up Alligators
5. Kiran of Fitnesolution
6. Abi of Style Bouquet
7. and last but not least, the mysterious, nameless lady behind A Closet Fashionista!

You ladies are of course under no duress to do this yourselves, but I'd be delighted to know seven things about each of you!



By the way, for anyone more interested in the travel, rather than the style, aspect of this blog, feel free to hop over to my other blog, Emily in Europe. It's woefully behind the times, but I'm planning on giving it some TLC this week!