HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

January 1, 2010

Resolutions:

1) 2009 was the “year of Cara” coined last NYE. This NYE I decided amongst a great discussion with one my close friend’s Ben. That if 2009 was the “year of Cara” then 2010 resolution should be “be more like Cara” i.e. don’t appologize for being weird, quirky or different, stand by who I am and be proud!

2) Be more understandable and Open – this means of people who may seem annoying or boring or retarded at first. Have a more open mind and try to get to know others more before judging them

3) Be patient & Grateful

….I keep my resolutions to 3 because it is more realistic to focus on few then try to scatter the attention to a whole list!!

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p.s. NYE was amazing this year!

It was filled with family, great music at first. I went to see Die Fledermaus a famous and traditional operetta to watch on NYE in Vienna. For a sample of the Overture, click here.  You may recognize the music. After this I had a nice dinner with parents.

The second part was filled with great friends, awesome company, and lots of laughs (with a little alcohol on the side). I was off to my bff’s Luana’s to make a party. What a great time to be amongst good people and have drinks! We counted down to midnight in the city centre where there is a yearly street party! Stay Tuned for Pics either here or on fb!

Street party means: outside bars, great food, different stages with music, fireworks wherever you want and WALZING at midnight. We certainly hit all this up! I didn’t have fireworks to set off, but sacrificed my discostick into the crowd at midnight as a symbolic gesture for the new year! I can make a new one for 2010!

Everyone got a little scattered before midnight, but it was so nice that we all reconvened at a little corner pub for some drinks….it was laughs until 4 am. I had to take momentary naps at the table.

You know you’re done drinking when you order Prikleland over and over (sparkling water). and when you are able to talk, joke, and dance on the spot, but handling phone calls and directions are out of the question! Good thing I was with people who took my calls otherwise all the crowd would have not rejoined for a lovely strawberry shot!

ALL THE BEST IN 2010.

Lots of love to all my loved one’s back at home in Canada <3 <3 <3 You are well missed!

Stay posted for some NYE pics…..Would upload tonight however….am going to ROME tomorrow for more adventures!

XOXO


M Building, or Bad Romance? You decide.

December 30, 2009

Do you know the M Building? It’s the newest installement to the Vienna International Centre. Well it just open a few months ago, and my first impression of it was surreal. 

At first, I thought it to be very minimal. The colour scheme is white and blue, but a clean hospital type white. My first reaction was: “It’s like a limbo between heaven and hell. Like a waiting room for the recently dead where you decide whether you will go up or down.” 

There is an elevator in it, with blue lights….I call it “the elevator to heaven” 

elevator to heaven

and again..

Anyways I find the building so peculiar, but I like it at the same time. The more and more I went into it, the more I liked it. But I think I’ve experienced it seen something like it before. oh wait yes…. 

You know the M building? ok fine.
You know lady Gaga? BAD ROMANCE! 

So Christmas Eve the day came when most of the UN was on holiday yet we had to work. My fellow intern friend and I took full advantage and took some lady gaga inspired pictures. 

Ahhhhhh the M building reminiscent of a minimalist 1990s art exhibit but with huge moden reference to the lady gaga bad romance video! 

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Lady Gaga vs. the M Building 

  

M building

lady gaga

M Building

Bad Romance

M Building

bad romance

M bulding

lady gaga

ok maybe you have to have an abstract mind to see the connection. But One reminds me of the other….M bulding reminds me of Lady Gaga Bad Romance, And Bad Romance the M Building…. 

MORE BAD ROMANCE STILLS: 

 

 

 

 

 

With this video in mind….My intern collegue and I took to the M building with our free time and took some GAGA inspired pics….here are some stills we came up with…

elevator to heaven?

clocks

gaga claw @ front desk

stairway to heavennn

girls vs. boys

stairs.

looking down

ahhhhh the M building! gets me every time!!!

Watch the Bad Romance Video by Clicking Here!


Christmas – before and after!

December 30, 2009

A week before Christmas comes my favourite thing about Christmas….decorating the tree! Luana came over to help, but first we needed to get into our Xmas tree decorating outfits…   

we're ready!

While decorating we looked through all the decorations my parents kept from christmas past…..there were some new ones from this year, and from each year…ahhhhh yes christmas is all about “junk” but beautiful junk. Here are our favourite ornaments that best represents Christmas in the 1970s…   

mushroom ornaments :)

 The tree turned out pretty….so did the rest of the apartment:   

Christmas Tree 2009

 At least this year my decorations didn’t get removed and put into the back. Unlike last year where my stupid roommate and her mom took the decorations off the tree I bought – I shall never forget the rudeness!! pffffffffff this year the tree was untainted.   

and what better way to celebrate then to make reference to LADY GAGA by doing the gaga pose :)    

Gaga!

ga ga!

 The only place you’ll wanna be is underneath my Christmas tree…..lets falalalalaaa lalalaa 
and then it happened. Christmas came!!!! and went sooooooo quickly!

The aftermath: SANTA CAME!!! even to Vienna! yeeeeee  xmas!

Vienna Christmas 2009

my whole family was really happy to see all the presents, but my Cat Chanel showed the most enthusiasm as she hid within the presents….what a character that Chanel the lion cat!  

Chanel hearts Christmas!

and another Christmas has come to an end..there was presents, and family, and TURKEY, and relaxing and TURKEY leftovers and of course a little partying on the side, because you can’t leave DANCING out of a vacation. Now I am back at work until New Years which will be the next big celebration! My last new years in Vienna.   

Then off to Rome for an Italian adventure <3 I hope everyone is having a great holiday season!!!   


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

December 25, 2009

To all my loved ones <3


CaraVision seeing GAGA Vision!

November 17, 2009

Thanks to my friend Emma who made the dress, I had something very flamboyant to wear as I channeled my inner GAGA! I think the most fun about the costume was crafting a discostick and the hype up to Halloween.

dress compliments of emma bell fashion: www.emma-bell.com

Unfortunately, I was just toooooo Gagaraffic for the stuck up party we went to, no one could handle the spunk, the sparkles, disco stick, or funk!

In fact, if you stuck a rock where the sun don’t shine for 90% of the party attendees, you would get a whole lotta diamonds – tight asses.

ANYWAYS – preparty glitter times got a little outta control so much we had a purple glitter spillage explosion on the floor of Emma’s apt.

glitter glitter everywhere!!

Wasted glitter? hellllllll no! why waste glitter? we hairsprayed my dress so it would stick then i attempted to roll in it, just in case I was glittery enough!

as emma quotes “you can never have too much glitter!!!” cause you know I taste just like “glitter mixed with rock n roll”

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Halloween made me miss my crazy group of Canadian friends! Here it’s not so much a big deal. Carnevale (in February) is bigger here – like a week long crazy fiesta with full fledged costumes!!! So now I definitely know what i’ll be wearing this year for it ;) !! Can’t wait to channel my inner Gaga again!!

 

 

 

 


A Very Cara Halloween!

November 17, 2009

So its been a while since my last post, and well since the weather is getting grey over here in Vienna, so is the life. HOWEVER – still managed to russle up some great Halloween spirit with close friends <3

It all started with the search for pumpins at Nasche Markt:

yay pumpkins!

scary halloween faces

 This was followed by sturm drinking….

What is Sturm? A young wine, tastes kind of like grapejuice. Whatever you do, DO NOT DRINK A LITRE in one sitting, it gives you a stomach ache like the kind you get when you eat too many grapes the night before….

Anyways, after purchasing 3 litres of sturm in the mark and our pumpkings, we all gathered at a friend’s house for Halloween PUMPKING CARVING!

Halloween was still a week away, HOWEVER we wanted to get in the spirit a little early by dressing silly, having a few drinks, laughing, and working on halloween crossword puzzles.

the pumpkin preparation began…

getting those pumpkins ready!

getting those pumpkins ready!

Someone asked me (knowing I am a HUGE crazed lady gaga fan, and that’s what I was going for halloween) are you going to make a lady gaga pumpkin too? It was a joke question, until I was like UMMM YES – that’s genius!

So here is the draft pumpkin:

halloween gaga

I vant to be vlady vagaga!

heee heee notice the 3 bottles of sturm behind the computer :) And after the pumpkins were done, we toasted our in season sturm and took pictures of our glory!

gagalanturns!

and again with our faces lit up

and again....with our faces lit up

GAGA!

gagaaaa!


Thank You Emma Bell Fashion

October 21, 2009

This girl is making me a dress! A lady gaga inspired dress I can debut halloween! I am soooooo stoked! We had a little creative session on the weekend! I REALLY Hope I can find the proper hair extensions, wigs, and accessories this weekend!

Emma Attack promotional Video:

London Fashion Week:

I love the perfomance artist who opens the show!!! It’s soooo cool!

This weekend I am planning on collaborating with her to make a voxpop video remix, I will interview people or do a segment of something silly and we are going to make a proper youtube video out of it! REMIX STYLE!

stay tunnnnned!


United Nations Smoking Crew…Its Saturday I’m in Love

October 21, 2009

I am so glad I have a smokers crew now to enjoy the lovely Marlboro Gold, Marlboro lights, Marlboro, and occasional Parisienne Jaunes with! As my office mate would say: “You know its the smokers who are the fun ones. At a party it’s always the smokers who are the crazy ones, the ones with the stories, the ones who want to drink. Its the non-smokers who are boring.”

I work with the web team, and as we say in the office mate

“If you don’t understand the Navigation, Go for Meditation” and go I do.

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this lovely graphic is posted outside of my office door :)

this lovely graphic is posted outside of my office door :)

This meditation time is when we come up with many words of wisdom of life and at the UN.

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The conclusion of he day was. I hate Tuesdays! they suck, they drag on the worst. Monday is application day. Wednesdays (aka humpday) are the best, (and are also prime for focus and getting work done days ) but they are the BEST because they are half way away from funny weekend memories and half way towards future weekend plans. Thursday is the new friday, friday is the new weekend. and Saturday i’m in love (cue in reference to 1990s here aka the cure)! Sunday is Raggaeton day….then it starts all over again.

Monday – application day. Tuesday gym day.

Wednesday – the best day (and the best day to get work done)

Thursday- the new friday. Friday? the new weekend

and saturday i’m in love!

Sunday, Funday! it’s raggaeton class. and REMIX

and it starts all over again!

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more conclusions from today:

blargh is the new black.

gay is the new hetero.

metro is the new gay.

that is all.

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Some days when i’m sitting at my desk I can focus and get work done.

But other days things seem so stale and sterile – that it feels like a little bit of my  beautiful bright soul dies,

it feels like i’ve sold my soul to the bureaucracy.

Beige. is what it is right now.

xox.

 


I REFUSE TO UPGRADE!

October 21, 2009

To reintroduce myself as the “LBI Queen,”  I hosted a 1990s party – WE REFUSE TO UPGRADE!!! some flicks from our very 90s outfits….

Flashback Spice Girls!

Flashback Spice Girls!

Why do we refuse to upgrade?! ummmmm Gameboys, hightops, wutang clan, spice girls, aqua, venga boys, walkmans, neon colours, floral prints, overalls, fresh prince,  and ZACH MORRIS PHONES! Need I say more?!

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a new orange phone?

a new orange phone?

The next generation of INTERN MADNESS will be headed by the ZACH MORRIS phone (as pictured above) because I REFUSE TO UPGRADE! R.I.P. ORANGE PHONE your legacy has been born at the 1990s party. As I said at the party, in my famous speech to the crowd (which turned out to be around 50 people in the end) and I will say it again.

It isn’t about going to the bar, it isn’t about going to the Pub, ITS ABOUT REPRESENTING! So TONIGHT we REPRESENT the new generation. all said of course by raising the phone in victory….

this time i put it on a necklace so i wouldn't lose it!

this time i put it on a necklace so i wouldn't lose it!

<3 these girls!

<3 these girls!

1990s!

1990s!

1990s!

1990s!

But where do I find such retro things like random Zach Morris phones? Which was actually called “Portaphone (r) 2000″ cause you know that’s what 2000 looked like in the 1990s. Nasch Market of course!!! What is Nasch? I wonderfully beautiful and atmospheric place that is a flea market, and food market, as well as other various items.

some examples from a few years back

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

nasch summer 2007

In addition to buying antipasto, veggies, fresh breads, etc. You can also sit at a bistro in Nasch and get an XXXL Schnitzel, which is what I did two weeks ago before searching for second hand retro treasures for the 1990s party!

XXXL Schitzel

XXXL Schitzel

XXXL Schnitzel

XXXL Schnitzel

yummmmers….what a lovely place to eat. We were ALL happy with our meals, and especially happy that a donut sample lady was nice enough to bring over a little something something for us to taste at our table…..and THROUGH THE BUSHES! It was funny I kept peeking at her….I’m talking deep fried doughnuts

I am happy with my XXXL Schnitzel

I am happy with my XXXL Schnitzel

the nice sample lady...even climbed OVER the bushes!

the nice sample lady...even climbed OVER the bushes!

After our lunch we went searching for treasures….It was a GOLDEN day for me….I found a sequin hat (for 1 euro), two purses (4 euro each), AND a random leather vest, PERFECT for the 1990s….and of course the new ZACH MORRIS phone to REPRESENT the legacy of the old orange phone.

Here is how satisfied my trip to Nasch that day made me:

8323_148605412543_501982543_2723222_1261380_nAnd the aftermath of the 1990s party?! A string of funny quotes and one LONG hungover sunday spent lounging and eating pizza…….ah yess hangover sunday with my telephone and a beanbag chair @ Emma’s

8323_148605517543_501982543_2723233_5496965_nThanks again Emma Bell for helping me host a kick ass part at your wonderful Museums Quartier Studio!

xox


CaraVision One Liners – Golden

October 11, 2009

ohhhhh its wonderful to be in love! It brings happiness, and joy and funtimes anywhere….ahhhhhh young love!!! Happy times call for funtimes, which then are followed by funny things that are done and said!! Here is a summary of the recent quotes that come to mind

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Prater fairground weird statues

Hailey: ummmmm people are posing with the statues

Cara: butttttt no one is taking any pictures

(nor was there any camera)

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Cara: DVDS! I LOVE DVDs, you can’t get DVD deals in Vienna, they don’t have bins. The five dollar bins. WE HAVE TO GO TO WALMART TO BUY DVDs…DVDS DVDS DVDS

Kim: Wow, didn’t know you felt so strongly about DvD’s

Cara: well now you do.

enter night out clubbing night and seeing alot of old friends

Random: so how come your visiting Ottawa? its wack!

Cara: i came to shop at walmart and buy DVDs

enter after partying

Daniel: Wanna come to my house, this party is getting lame…

Cara: ummmmm I don’t know

Daniel: We can watch DvDs

Kim: really? because Cara LOVES DVDS!

dvds.

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Kenny: CARA I LOVE YOU COME STAY WITH ME, I WILL BUY YOU ONE DRESS A MONTH

Cara: One dress a month?!? that changes EVERYTHING!

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3:45 fight by the fountain, no principles, no student teachers. United Nations? or International High School?

I’ve decided, have you?

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pokerface night.

Jorge: Cara the strategy is that you have to analyze the card situation….

Cara: JUST TELL ME MY OPTIONS! MY OPTIONS! DO I CHECK OR DO I BET?

pokerface!!!!

Cara: I just want to live an alternative lifestyle! i’m sick of pokerfacing life!

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Random: who is this kenny guy? your boyfriend?

Brian: ughhh didn’t you know?! he’s her boyfriend through “reservation,” like you know when you call and reserve a table, but you don’t have the food yet but you know your going to eat at that restaurant at 8. its like that

Random: how does that work?

Cara: its CARAVISION

alternative.

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Random: So your in public information, what would you like to do with your life? I want to be a diplomat.

Cara: I want to move to Toronto and find The Fame. I wanna be a VoxPop super star or work on MuchMusic, I wanna work with Pop culture Media.

Random: So why are working at the UN?

Cara: because I can.

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lady gaga.

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big rings.

Cara: It’s ok I could take her, just gotta wear a ring that cuts. See this ring? it cuts!

If i punched you, IT WOULD CUT.  but I wouldn’t punch you…but I could if I had to, cause its the ring it cuts! As long as you have a ring that cuts.

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enter 1990s party in MQ, Zach Morris phone necklaces (stay tuned for epic photo update!)

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Cara: Hello?  WHAT DO YOU MEAN ITS NOT 1994?!?

Cara: WE REFUSE TO UPGRADE!

Cara: I think i’m going to take off my phone necklace now  (1990s phone)

Hayley: NO STOP! you have to keep it on! this was mentioned like it was a life mission

Cara: OMG that is soooooooo 1992! hold on i’m getting a call from my zach morris phone…

Cara: OMG if you love the 1990s why don’t you marry it? Just kidding, NOT!

Hayley: Whatever, AS IF

aftermath: Apparently there was Proper paparazzi at the party, we are thinking it was either VICE or Vienna Fashion Observatory! HOPE HOPE HOPE its VICE…stay tuned….

epic hangover. the one like in the movie had to piece together the whole night from clues….lost cell phone, but not 1990s zach morris phone

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Pizza & topfell strudel @ Emma’s solves all, so does laying on beanbag chairs, chain smoking, and laughing about what an AWESOME weekend it has been……in between fantasizing about DESSERT BUFFET, which in theory would include:

pink cupcakes,

lemon merange,

banofe,

ice scream sundays,

topstrudel,

crumble,

peacan pie,

tirimusu,

rum balls,

cotton candy,

eadible bubbles,

brownies,

and everyhing in between!

check in for 1990s updates <3