je suis ley

this is me, figuring out what all the tumblr hype is about.

[jesuisley]

The Gentleman's Guide to Vice & Virtue (Book Review)

Monty is a roguish playboy, Percy is his quieter (and less conspicuous) best friend, and Felicity is Monty's bookish younger sister. Together they embark on a Grand Tour that collapses into piracy, thievery, and hijinks, all set in the height of the Bourbon empire in Europe. 

I was a little hesitant about this book at first because Monty is a difficult person to like, but it very quickly grew on me. He's a total cad of course, with a penchant for sex and booze and wild nights out, but Mackenzie Lee did a fantastic job of making him three dimensional and easy to connect with. I was rooting for Percy and Monty from the beginning, and it KILLED me that by the last 50 pages they were still trying to figure it out, what with pirates and all. 

This is a book that you want to race through, but never want to end. I'm so excited for the sequel to come out, and I will probably re-read this at least once before Felicity' book comes out. 

5 Stars

[jesuisley]

Traveling the Okanagan Wine Region

Have you noticed that it's been very quiet around here? Between my busy schedule with Wonderland Media, my marketing agency, and the overhaul of STUFFxWonderland, the design shop that I run, as well as family obligations, Sous La Table has been left hanging for a little while. But with some projects and contracts wrapping up this spring, I had a break in my crazy schedule that was long enough to take a family vacation to the lower Okanagan for some sunshine, wine, and family time. After recharging my (wine-powered) batteries, I'm more excited than ever to explore wines with you!

Over the next few weeks, I'll be profiling the wineries that we visited, regale you with the tasting notes from the incredible wines that I tasted, and kicking off a regular weekly posting schedule for the blog. If you have any suggestions for wines that I should try, let me know in the comments!

Let's get drunk together and explore the world of Canadian wines...in the classiest way possible.

Cheers, darlings.

[agentverbivore]

#shows up 15 mins late to the resistance with starbucks 

[jesuisley]

DAMNIT POE YOURE A PILOT NOT A SUBURBAN MOM

[jesuisley]

"i still haven't finished my novel" and other thoughts i've had today

I'll do the dishes tomorrow

I should go for a walk at lunch

Is this sweater dirty? *smells it* Nope, it's fine.

The tub hasn't been bleached in a few weeks...

Is that mole changing shape?

Just one more episode

If I go to bed now, I'll get x hours of sleep!

I forgot to do laundry again. I'll run a few loads tomorrow

Does this milk smell funny?

I wish the zipper on those boots didn't break

WHY ARE FIRST DRAFTS SO HARD UUUUUUUGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH

OH! There's hot chocolate in the lunch room!

Are they talking about me?

Do I even know them?

They're totally talking about me

shit am I wearing pants?!!?!?!?!

yep, pants are on

Why are they talking about me??

Oh they got a piece of my mail by accident.

I knew they were talking about me

Sorry x a million

There's no way these pants don't fit. They fit last week! They must have shrunk.

Heck YES I'll have [insert name of baked good in the lunch room]!

Why are pants required in public?

The world would totally be a happier place without pants.

MAYBE PANTS ARE THE KEY TO WORLD PEACE

I should get out of bed and get ready for work

Ugh this for lunch again? I need to change up my selection of frozen lunches

Man, I LOVE the Nashville soundtracks

Like, wow, Hayden Panettiere can SING. 

She's so tiny. How can she POSSIBLY make that much sound?

Is being short the secret to singing like a goddess? 

That's totally why I can't sing

I mean, I can sort of sing

*sings along*

Nope. 

I totally can't sing

Socks are prisons for your feet

Good LORD Trump is an idiot

DO THE WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT'S DINNER WITHOUT HIM

Jimmy Kimmel should host

And make it a fundraiser for the ACLU and Planned Parenthood

Trudeau could totally be the head of state stand in

Remember Trudeau's butt? He's a mediocre politician at best, but DAYUM that butt

 There goes my lunch break

My hot chocolate is cold

I wonder when my library books are due? 

Next week

I need to read faster

Unless I can renew them...

Welp I have five books to read between now and Sunday

Is "reader of books to determine which to turn into a movie" a job title? I'd like that.

Ok, Nashville, tone it down a little

Guess it's time for some 90's music

JAMIRIQUAI? No thank you

Damnit my phone is dying

And OF COURSE I don't have a power cord with me

maybe in my car? 

NOPE

DAMN it's cold outside

I can't wait to get home and take off my pants

BUT WAIT I have a doctor's appointment

Thanks, phone, for reminding me before I took my pants off

Britney should totally be a thing again.

Can she go back to pre-head shaving breakdown Britney? She was the best

[dateagirlwhosuggestion]

date a girl who treats you the same way she treats books

[itsrainingmensheviks-deactivate]

I’ll critique you continuously and won’t be too bothered if I break your spine

[bookphile]

And then I’ll review your performance on several social media sites and ask for feedback.

I’ll also insert rectangular metal and paper objects into your body whenever I need a break from you, and store you on a shelf in my house

[dukeofbookingham-deactivated202]

I’ll be done with you in less than a week and move on immediately. 

[writerly-blonde]

I’ll switch between you and others several times whenever it pleases me

[berlynn-wohl]

I’m not going to spend any money on you unless you can tell me something I don’t already know about the Cold War.

[professorspork]

I used to date your twin, but I lost her.

[literaticat]

I’ll take you on vacation, but if I decide I don’t really like you or you get too heavy, I’ll leave you there.

[jesuisley]

I’ll skip past the boring bits to get to the action, then complain that you weren’t exciting enough to my friends. 

[jesuisley]

Mom brought home a rooting box for me tonight, and my sister only stole one tennis ball. Ain't nobody touchin my Cheerios, though.

[jesuisley]

I'm a handsome pig, I'm a smart pig, I'm an important pig.

[jesuisley]

I guess she's ok. I mean, for a shaggy pig.

[jesuisley]

Describe yourself in 3 fictional characters. #threefictionalcharacters #describeyourself #nailedit

[mrlovenstein]

Master of none. Secret Panel HERE!

[faggottt]

Omg

[topherchris]

Register: turbovote.org Check your registration: headcount.org/verify-voter-registration/ More info: usa.gov/voting

[sashayed]

Many people have written and spoken eloquently about how much this election matters, and I know it’s very preaching-to-the-choir for me to do it here. I know also that everything you can say about it, no matter how true, sounds like hyperbole. Can you believe that people, people who are black and/or Latinx and/or trans and/or gay and/or disabled and/or female and/or poor and/or in any other non-dominant position are actually, like, going to live or die depending on the outcome of this election????? It’s true! And it’s exhausting to think about! Sometimes it feels like “oh god, whatever, give Drumpf the codes, bring on the bomb, let me just be dead.” I get that. I do. But this is a very, very easy way to check whether or not you can vote so you don’t get shut out of one of the most important decisions the U.S. will ever make! Don’t just yell about it on the internet. Be about it. Otherwise we’re all in for a mandatory screening of BREXIT II: THIS TIME ITS NUCLEAR and I honestly don’t want to exaggerate but many of us will be just fatally fucked. 

And re: just letting the bombs fall. If you can’t bring yourself to care about the end of human civilization because we’re a garbage species – and again I get that! – consider this: dogs.

She doesn’t deserve to die of radiation poisoning. I might, you might, but she doesn’t. Register to vote.

[micdotcom]

it got better

[kalingly]

[pointless-letters]

MEANWHILE, IN WOKINGHAM

“Hang on! This issue….this is about high heels! Women wear high heels! This has nothing to do with men! Oh my god! OH MY GOD IT’S HAPPENING! EMERGENCY STATIONS! SOMEONE GET ME A PEN! WE NEED TO MAKE THIS ABOUT MEN SOMEHOW! HURRY, DAMMIT!”

[clientsfromhell]

Client: Can you write the “Terms and Conditions” for our website?

Me: I’m sorry but we can’t do that. That would need to be done by someone that knows your business’ terms and conditions of trade with input from a lawyer to make sure that it with your local laws.

Client: Great, we need it up on our site this afternoon.

[gameraboy]

[freehroses-deactivated20170113]

This is amazing

[greenwithenby-deactivated201609]

Sums up their personalities pretty well.

[usernotfoundt]

Eddy: I can achieve anything Edd: there’s a logical way to achieve what I want Ed: there’s nothing standing in my way

[chibisilverwings]

Eddy hopping over the fence indicates his willingness to “cheat” the system, or to take a shortcut. Much like his schemes, it might end up being more work, but in his mind, cheating is the best way to get ahead. Edd goes the neat and logical way, he’s straight forward. BUT, note that he closes the gate behind him rather than leaving it open. He’s incredibly meticulous and even if it’s more convenient to leave it open for anyone coming in behind him, he has to leave things neat, tidy and as he found them. Ed is also is straight forward, he in fact is using the MOST direct route. But this route is one no one else would consider because it seems completely nonsensical. Which sums him up pretty well. The fact that it works for him is also fun to note. In general his earnestness and determination carries him through situations that most people would be stopped by.

[arachnofiend]

I honestly never thought I’d see a critical analysis of Ed, Edd, and Eddy

[90s90s90s]