new duds

me and cher went shopping at tarjay the other day. as we are looking at clothes i say how much i really want a boyfriend cardigan but we can't find any. after trying on a few things we head to the shoes and then decide to find my mom and head out, and as we are making our way back to the front of the store what do we see? BOYFRIEND CARDIGANS. but there is a catch. they are in the maternity section. no matter. when life gives you lemons, you take the xs cardi and say dope. and since i got some meds for my impetigo i had a ten dollar gift certificate from the pharmacy for filling out a new prescription, i gleefully purchased my maternity boyfriend cardi, and a purple tee.later that night i head over to my friend hanna's house. i don't know how hanna got the special skill of finding the best garage sales, and the dopest clothes at thrift stores, but if she figured out how to bottle it up and sell it as a magical serum you dump in your tea and drink so that you too can find the coolest clothes, then she would be a millionaire. she found these boots along with a tan pair at a garage sale, and i guess she got them for free. i somehow convinced her to let me "borrow" them for awhile. i am hoping she will forget about them after awhile. especially because i purchased some grey knee socks to wear with them from forever twenty one. here are all my duds put together. the only problem is what to wear on the bottom. of course in the winter i can wear my skinny jeans, but in the fall i would really like my socks to be seen peeking above my boots. something that you might see from toast in the fall. something british-y. so i came up with two ideas.
my mom didn't seem to like the first version a whole lot, but i think the second one looks a bit librian, or school teacher-y, especially with the bun. any thoughts or ideas?

puddle hopping

i've always kind of liked rainboots because i felt like they looked very english, and since i kind of want to be english it seems like buying a pair would be the next step. however, they seemed to get really popular in the past few years so my interest kind of dissipated after that. but last year when i was in the valley i found how much of an asset they were to your wardrobe (and prolly why they are so popular in england). before that i always just thought of them as a quirky accessory to your outfit. but in the valley, there is a reason everybody has them, and it is because when it rains (which it often is) there are puddles everywhere. or when it is supposed to be spring but keeps snowing for god knows why so there is sloppy snow everywhere you really want something other than your ugg boots (another boot i used to like before they got overpopulated, and unlike rain boots i doubt i will every revert back to liking them) to trudge around in. so this year i think i will purchase a pair of rain boats, because they really are a necessity. here are some options. these make me think uber english with the herringbone. $29.99 at target.simple black ones for $19.99 at target.hunter green ones from aerie at $39.50.the original hunter boot in yellow (or in green or black) for a whopping $125 at piperlime.
and of course you need a cute outfit to where with your boots! i have this great coat that i got from h&m in paris. i would pair it with some drainpipe jeans or some cute knee high socks depending on the weather. and you would carry an umbrella. preferably this one.

ima fan

ok i don't care what anyone says, i have been a fan of kings of leon since i first heard their song four kicks like two years ago. i don't care if they have greasy hair. which it looks like they got hair cuts, except for the drummer. and yes i like the lead singers voice. and i like how the drummer can multi task aka sing and drum at the same time. so deal. and listen to slash watch this.



p.s. why didn't anybody tell me about season five of project runway. i feel like a fool! now i gotta catch up on youtube.

big ass blog post

ahhhhhh. summer time and the livin' is easy. so far this summer has been dope, i have accomplished a lot of the things i set out to do at the beginning of the summer. for that i think i will take this moment to give myself a pat on the back. despite being jobless, i've managed to hold onto some of my money, and do a few productive things here and there. when i'm not on my computer, or watching late night television (satc, conan o'brien, and yes i will admit it, from time to time south park), or hangin with the hommes, i have also been doing a lot of thinking. in about a month i will be headed back for the valley. this and of itself, i am totally stoked for (even going back to work). however, i still have no idea what i am doing out there. for example, i'm beginning to take classes required for the business program, but why? i doubt i will become a big business exec. i enjoy most of my classes, and would really like to become fluent in french, but when it comes down to it i feel a bit out of place in the valley. i like being educated but i don't think that i will do anything with the information i learn there besides discuss it with the rents and the girlies. i kind of feel like switching my major to history and go to a beauty school on the side. that way i can be a history buff and a beautician. last semester in the valley i took the most ridiculous class called lib 100. it was basically a class about liberal education. the main thrust of a liberal education according to the class (but i don't really think according to the prof, i never really did get what he was all about) was that its important for universities to educate you not only in the field you wish to pursue a career in but in other fields as well so that you come out of your college experience as a well rounded individual who is able to think for themselves. this is all fine and dandy but it is my money that i am spending on this 'liberal education' (which becomes especially more evident when tuition gets spiked by thirteen percent). i appreciate my liberal education but i am aware that i am paying for it, and i still don't even know what i really want to do with my life. i think for a lot of people they want to plow through college to get a career to pay for their college loans, which seems practical to me. in a perfect world, money would not be an issue, and i could pursue both history and fashion at once. all i have to say about this is, like a say about everything else "damn the man". micheal debakey says, " one of the rarest things that we do is think. i don't know why people don't do it more often. it doesn't cost anything. think about that". to that i have to say, true true, but thinking hasn't gotten me very far, it has just got me more confused.

but! not to put a damper on the many positive things that has come out of this summer. here are some things i have done slash accomplished......i got all my silk screening supplies and made an obama tee. if you would like one just let me know.beached it a few times with a few of my fav peeps (lies, phil, and katie).cut up my clothes for summer lovin' and some fashion redux. (bad pictures i know).went campin' with some pretty ladies. (katie, laura, and ali)finally got new tires for my bike, thanks to the pops.saw the dark knight. it was so good, heath ledger did a stellar job (and i'm not just saying that because the role made him go a bit crazy, and he ended up killing himself, i thought it would be weird to see him in it but you forget immediately who he is) as did maggie and the rest of the cast. however, there are still many questions i would like answered!i was introduced to vampire weekend, a really good BAND.

katie: have you heard of vampire weekend.
me: no, but it sounds like a good time. let's do it.
katie: it's a band.
me: oh.

my fav song, m97. check it out.

i'm prolly forgetting some dope ass things that i have done this summer, and i am sure there are a few more to come, so i'll just leave that for another blog post.

p.s. do you like my new banner, layout, etc.?