♣ Fonts that I love.

I find myself thinking that choosing font for something such as font on magazine, newspaper, blog, or any packagings is important. They bug me when I'm stuck choosing what font that can be use in my blog. You know blog has many parts and I can't choose one font for entire blog. But I love "playing" with them.

These are my favorite fonts recently. You can see that I like fonts that are not handwriting. I don't know if Pacifico and Lobster are handwriting or not (I don't really care actually), but they look like handwriting. The rest fonts are just simple or clean or minimalist. Cambria and Georgia are pretty common, right? You can get from the links below.

Josefin Slab, Pacifico, Skinny Jeans, Lobster, Lobster 2

♣ Myoneandlonely’s Five faves things of the week.

(You've learned enough when I mention a list of things all together in one post, it’s time to prepare yourself for five completely random things and some moments of shallowness with me here, so…)

1. Thank You, Camellia Kris Allen

Okay, this one ended up here just because I sooo want to tell the world about it (since this is technically my three-weeks-ago fave thing). I mean, I love Kris Allen! He’s the only American Idol alumnus that I actually care about for his future work after Idol. “Thank You Camellia” is the second major-label studio album by him. It was released on May 22, 2012 but we can stream in its entirety on Kris Allen’s Official Music Store even before it released. Lindsey Parker from Yahoo! Music had summed up everything I love about this album (and what I love about Kris himself). Quoting her, Kris’ songwriting skills have clearly grown more sophisticated, praising the range of the material from jaunty, summer-convertible-cruising anthems like the finger-snapper “Better With You” and the absolutely charming “My Weakness”, to some serious tracks like the heart-sleeved romantic ode “Blindfolded” or the propulsive and sinister alt-rocker “Monster”. She also noted that the lyrics are plain-spoken, refreshingly unflowery, and cut right to the heart of the matter –and right to the listener's heart. And yes I’ve been giving away some seriously cool track titles SO GO CHECK THEM OUT! :D

2. The Big Split: Revisited

I’m talking about Panic! at the Disco. If you happen to like the band too, you understand what I mean. But if you LOVE them, you understand how “big“ it was. It’s almost 3 friggin’ years now since Ryan Ross and Jon Walker decided to leave the band to pursue their own musical venture together blah blah blah let’s skip that. So why revisiting a sad memory then deciding to put it in the faves list, I don’t know, I’m just feeling a bit sentimental right now. Oh and because I watched this video on YouTube last weekend. “I think this’ll be the first time I don’t, uh, cry during this song. I’m gonna try, but I usually start to tear up so, forgive me. This is called ‘Northern Downpour’,” said Brendon Urie, before he started singing the song he used to sing duet with his ex-bandmate, Ryan Ross. Of course Brendon Urie tried. And of course he failed again this time. “God, I’m sorry,” smiling to the crowd, Brendon said in the end of the song. Don’t be sorry, Brendon. Who doesn’t tear up listening to you singing that song without Ryan?

3. SPN Silent Majority

Supernatural’s Silent Majority is a cause, first started on Tumblr, for expressing dissenting opinions about the TV show “Supernatural”, for those who feel upset by what is seen as a decline in quality and loss of the Dean and Sam story during Season 7. SPN Silent Majority is a space for those opinions. Unhappy with the direction of the show this year? Wondering what happened to the Winchester Brothers’ story? You are not alone, is what they declared on their “About” page. Unfortunately, some parts of Supernatural fandom are accusing this movement as an effort to get rid of certain character from the show, or to make the whole show be all about nothing but the brothers and the brothers only. But seriously, I think it’s not their point. We wouldn’t mind the other extra fan-favorite characters added into the show and the brothers developing a new bond with those other extra characters. As long as the brothers are still… being brothers. Late Season 7 Dean and Sam are like long time married couples who are slowly getting bored of each other. They still hold each other back merely because they have to –there’s zero passion in that. All we ask is to be assured that the “brotherly bond” is still there. Because Supernatural we know, despite those gigantic myth arc that covers it, the whole point of the show is humbly about family, about these two brothers who rely on each other to face the world. I’m sounding like I join this cause? Because I do. I don’t think this movement will somehow effect the writing decision for Season 8. But at least it feels good just to know that I’m not in this alone.

4. First professional photo shoot of Thomas Padalecki

Finally an official public photo for cute baby Padalecki is out! The couple's son was born on March 19 this year. I just cannot not include this on the list. And I just cannot not include the actual scan from People magazine here. Because Jared is such such a great dad and Thomas is just… adorable. I’m not even going to comment any longer just see it for yourself.

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5. Welcome EURO 2012 (and Arne Friedrich, we miss you)

Ah yes, did I ever mention that on occasion I love watching football too? So YAYYY!! for EURO 2012 that has just started last weekend. Good luck for the Germany national team! I’ve been a huge supporter for them since watching their match back in World Cup 2002, and never changed mind ever since. Then there is this one player in Germany national team –I’m not going to say he’s my favorite player but, I’ve seen him guarding the Germany defense line all this time and suddenly this year he’s not even in the squad. Where are you Friedrich? And how can we not miss him? Especially if this guy likes hug-attacking his teammates in every chance he gets. Hehee. I love some bromance, even on the football field. So here’s a picture full of bromance hugs to finish the list.

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♣ Nduk Pingkan's five faves things of the week.

1. My grandmother's tops

I knooooow! You don't read it wrong. My grandmother bought it last year then she realized that the tops was more suitable for someone like me. So she gave it to me this afternoon. Thank God! Fortunately, I love it! :)

2. PuglyPixel

Another blog I love: PuglyPixel. Why do I love? Because it has lovely freebies in vintage and pastel color :) You can download some photo layouts, Blogger templates, fonts, brushes, etx here. If you love vintage and pastel color, I really recommend this for you.

3. WishWishWish

This earlier week, I ended up at WishWishWish, it's a blog whose owned by a girl, Carrie. I don't remember how I found her blog. WishWishWish is a blog about photography with its beauty. Strangely I love this blog. A photography blog usually fucks me up because although it's beautiful, the pictures have high resolution and my low internet connection is unable to load quickly. But this WishWishWish is different. Why do I and my low internet connection love it? 1) It has high res pictures but there are not that many. 2) The design is sweet and minimalist. It doesn't have many ads too.

4. Movie Flipped

Early week, I watched Flipped with my friend. I love Flipped because it reminds me to my middle school time. Watch it! 

5. Zac Efron video on Hot30 Countdown

My friend is having Efron Fever. She thinks that Zac Efron is Jared Leto's reincarnation. Because of this, I pay more attention to Zac Efron's news lately. Then I saw this video yesterday. He's unhooking bra with one hand like an expert.

Image via WishWishWish and PuglyPixel and imdb.

♣ Nduk Pingkan's five faves things of the week.

five faves things. my notebook with
emma roberts as its wallpaper is not included.

1. Pashmina

this is me being molly mcaleer. I hope she doesn't mind.

You know pashmina. Moslem women use this as headscraf. But it's comfortable as scarf too. This week, I went to a store that sales moslem products like clothes, headscarf, ciput, etc with my mom. I got pashmina for myself (you know parents, they are okay when their childrens "steal" their money and you know childrens, they are not shy to "steal" parents's money). And I know it's a good choice to buy this when I dressed myself like a fake hippie.

2. Moccasin

If you asked me what kind of shoes I would like to buy, I'd choose flat shoes or sandal. Black, or white, or brown is neutral colors that I usually choose. But when my aunt bought me a pair of footwear, magically I finally chose BEIGE MOCCASIN. It had a long history. I chose a simple black flat shoes at first. But the store didn't have my size. Then I chose another flat shoes and the store still didn't have my size. Then.. I saw my cousin who was trying her shoes choice on. Her choice was a pair of pink moccasin with floral pattern. It was so nice so I decided to try it on. Surprisingly, it was fit into my foot so we ordered two pairs. Sadly, the store had only one left stock. It upset me. I've tried three different footwear, I'd fallen in love with three different footwear, but they're not available for me. That's the story behind my recent footwear. I met that moccasin, and had a thing, and bought it. And.. NO! It's not escape. I'm with this beige moccasin and I know I'm a faithful person.

3. Wardah Matte Lipstick in Bronze Nude

I bought it last year and loved and love it very much. Althought it has weakness as it makes your lips lines more visible and it leaves red stain, I will keep buying it. Because I love its color. Meanwhile, I'm going to give Wardah exclusive lipstick a try. I want to buy the pink lipstick from Wardah exclusive series since the brown-orange lipstick (in Rosewood) has mesmerized me. Okay, out of topic a bit :)

4. My hair

This is my hair from my bangs. I cut it I trimmed it this afternoon. If I had no oily and acne prone skin, I would keep maintaining my Zooey Deschanel bangs. I love that kind of bangs. Trimming hair (especially bangs) is one of my mood booster.

5. Mineral water

I knoooooooow! The 4th and 5th list are so-so. But this is serious. You need to drink 6-8 glasses of water every day. This is THE CHEAPEST way to do detoxification your body. Google it!

Those are my five faves. What about you?