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12/24/11

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12/23/11

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12/23/11

2011-12-23T01:19:00.000-08:00

hello there

2011-10-11T12:29:00.000-07:00

I have so much to share I'm not sure where to start! I've been in college for a month now. This blog will turn into mostly pictures so I think I may just start posting on my tumblr more often than here for awhile, unless I have something quite pressing on my mind. So yeah. Go here.

http://livedbut3summerdays.tumblr.com/

We never change

2011-08-08T21:15:00.000-07:00

Sorry I haven't been posting. I'm at the beach with some art friends!

Me drawing at the beach.

my girls

2011-08-02T13:55:00.000-07:00

Inspirations

2011-07-29T14:58:00.001-07:00

I have been crazy busy lately; running around trying to fill up these last few weeks I have at home. Sorry I haven't posted practically all week. I meant to do a whole bunch of blogger portraits because I found quite I few that I liked but that kind of got put on the back burner ...because well...I get distracted easily by the other inspirations in my head and can't decide which ones to do first. So instead of drawing I played a few songs and made some more jewelry. oh.. and then I drew. Here's a long post!

<a href="http://abbygallagher.bandcamp.com/track/my-version-of-angus-and-julia-stones-version-of-youre-the-one-that-i-want">My version of Angus and Julia Stone's version of You're the One That I Want by Abby Gallagher</a>

This song is the most satisfying thing to sing. I want music forever. I want to collaborate with people badly, because I want to learn and get better and make beautiful songs! ahh!

This is Heather. She has amazing unique style. The end.

Her blog

Have a nice night

glitter anyone?

2011-07-24T15:22:00.000-07:00

I made these last night. Please tell me what you think. Should I add them to my etsy shop?

pink yellow orange

2011-07-22T12:11:00.000-07:00

quick sketch for today.

you twisted little girl showin him what life is all about

2011-07-21T03:38:00.000-07:00

I picked up the guitar the other day. I hadn't realized it had been so long since I had played and especially how much I missed it. I'm still as terrible as I've ever been but that doesn't matter much to me.

upcoming additions

2011-07-20T22:45:00.000-07:00

so i've been hard at work in my little laboratory. These two little gems will be up in my etsy shop in a few days.

I also went a little crazy making a bunch of little pink heads. I'm turning them into necklaces and have had so much fun with them. I have so many ideas and I can't wait to share! I will probably end up putting a series of these in my etsy. Ask about any custom orders as well!

Carson and her tumblr

2011-07-20T14:49:00.000-07:00

It's been a lovely day so far. Drew this last night while watching some netflix. Carson and I are new friends and she is one of the coolest people I have ever met. Check out her tumblr.

superheroes

2011-07-19T20:52:00.000-07:00

I love superheroes. I especially love superheroines. uhhggg. soo kick-ass.

My little jar

2011-07-18T11:54:00.001-07:00

Trying to save up the money to fly myself to the swiss alps to visit my best friend (she is au pairing their for the next year!) Help me out and visit my etsy page!!! and spread the word! Here are two new doodles for the day. Have a lovely and productive day!

Im back!

2011-07-16T07:25:00.000-07:00

Im back and I have so many drawings to share!! This is Kani. She is just too cute. I could draw her all day! Check out her blog.

Im also looking for new blogs to love and bloggers to draw. I don't have a job this summer so I get bored and need things to draw. Help a girl out and send me your links!!

Probably two posts a day this upcoming week!

Friday!

2011-07-12T17:39:00.000-07:00

Friday is the day! Im getting my new computer and will be happily back to blogging on friday :) ughh the break has been too long, much too long.

gahhh

2011-07-07T17:20:00.001-07:00

I want to cry. I dragged my giant (and heavy) mac desktop to the apple store today. The genius's took one look at it and said, "it's done" So thats it. Im wearing all black tonight, mourning the loss of my mac desktop. I worked a whole 3 months at Claytons Bakery to save up for that beauty freshman year. You can find me weeping in the corner over the 35,000 pictures and an entirely glorius i-tunes library that have now been lost. How do I move on from this? This is terrible. You probably don't really care, so i'm sorry for ranting on about this. Who knows when I can go buy another computer again... hopefully in the next couple days I can figure something out. :(
Till then, Abby

Painted Ladies

2011-07-06T18:45:00.000-07:00

Blaahhh my Mac computer is not working!! arrghhh! It is soo very frustrating. I turn it on and it goes to a white screen and then nothing happens! So if you want to help me.. comment below :) I am posting from my mother's computer at the moment. I would upload a drawing but seeing as I can't access my scanner at the moment... it's impossible. But, I haven't been completely unproductive. I got bored a couple nights ago and painstaking handpainted some earrings. If you like them, I added them to my Etsy shop. Go buy some! They're cute aren't they? Help me pay for college.... or most likely.. more sour gummie worms and tubes of oil paint! :)

I wish I could upload new drawings right now! I have so many to show you! Ahh oh well, hopefully I can get my computer fixed within the next few days.

weekend away

2011-07-01T06:02:00.000-07:00

heading to the farm for fourth of july weekend! I'll be back! Drew this in my sketchbook a couple days ago.

threads

2011-06-27T22:12:00.000-07:00

ahhhghhhh so many projects I am excited about!

oxfords.

2011-06-23T03:09:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking a lot this summer about what I am going to wear to my studio classes at art school. I need some practicality. most likely some dark pants and simple jersey gray shirts that are easy to throw in the wash because well.. I will be covered in charcoal. As for shoes, I better start a collection of oxfords

neon green

2011-06-21T22:37:00.000-07:00

I couldn't help myself. I just loved this picture too much not to draw it.

her blog

Shoes I love right now.

2011-06-19T19:26:00.000-07:00

I love drawing shoes. I love wearing shoes :)

2 don't remember where I found these... help?

dirty hair halo

2011-06-19T14:42:00.000-07:00

My new favorite blogger. I absolutely adore her style!

dirtyhairhalo

testing out the differences between photographing the drawing and scanning it.

work in progress

2011-06-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

Electric Blue

2011-06-18T03:39:00.000-07:00

Don't You Remember

2011-06-17T15:31:00.000-07:00

I love summer because all the days blur into one. I made this skirt out of an old american flag I found in our barn when I was last at the farm. It's one of my favorite pieces in my closet right now because it reminds me of my dad. He has this weird thing about having the american flag up all the time. He probably wouldn't be happy if he knew I made a skirt out of one...

This is it

2011-06-14T20:28:00.000-07:00

My summer thus far. I've been sewing quite a bit and experimenting. I miss blogging though. I update my tumblr frequently and hopefully my blog will be getting the same amount of attention. :)

May 31st

2011-05-31T10:06:00.000-07:00

It's summer! And I am finally back to blogging. I feel so bad for not posting in months! I was very very busy graduating from high school! I am ready for this summer to begin and draw and create everyday! I love having this time to experiment and read lots of books, eat good food and sew! I leave the first week of September for college. This is from a picture I found on FaceHunter. I loved the red hat.

....

2011-04-11T09:19:00.001-07:00

im a senoir in highschool. yeah... thats all I've got. Thats my excuse.

3rd rock from the sun

2011-02-26T19:59:00.000-08:00

I have been in a weird mood lately. I guess I am just adjusting to not thinking about my portfolio. That portfolio has been all I think about for the past 3 years. Now that I am not thinking about it, I need new goals and things to reach for. I watched The Devil Wears Prada and filled my journal with the stack of cut-outs and random findings that have piled up in the corner of my room. It was therapeutic. I went for a run and bought some yummy smoothies at the grocery store. I haven't been drawing much. I think I needed a break from it. I only have a couple months left of high school and I want to spend it hanging out with friends, keeping my room clean, running and feeling good. I want spring break. I am thinking about opening an Etsy shop for my drawings. I don't know how to go about making prints so I will probably start out just selling the originals. This is a drawing I did awhile ago. Tell me what you think!

monday monday valentines

2011-02-13T09:17:00.000-08:00

I have been in a weird mood lately. I feel like I am in a some kind of in-between but who knows. Tomorrow may be the day I figure it all out. I'll post a picture of my dress in a little bit. It is very simple so don't get your hopes up. Here's a couple drawings from my boredom in class last year :)

Strawberry tart

2011-02-07T19:50:00.000-08:00

Thank you to all my new followers! It really means a lot to me! I sent my final portfolios in this past Friday. I celebrated with a strawberry tart. My favorite!

Now that my portfolio is finished I have really gotten into my sewing projects. I am very excited to share them! Hopefully by this weekend, I will have something to post. More drawings to come as well!

party tights

2011-02-06T17:51:00.000-08:00

I love this tumblr!

partytights.

have a wonderful monday!

The Naiad Frock Grosgrain Giveaway

2011-02-06T15:48:00.000-08:00

The Naiad Frock Grosgrain Giveaway

this dress is simply amazing. I myself have been getting back into my sewing projects and I am very excited to show you a dress I am working on. Very soon. :)
p.s. you can WIN that amazing frock! so go check it out.

pen

2011-02-01T11:46:00.000-08:00

little sketches

XX,

Abby

lalala

2011-01-31T14:59:00.000-08:00

This is a small painting I did. It is not completely finished, but i am lazy so it will probably stay like this forever. :)

I take photographs of my work so everything is always a little skewed. I really need to get a scanner. Sorry about the bad quality.

chanel couture

2011-01-31T13:56:00.000-08:00

I did a quick little painting today. I think it turned out okay. I want to do more paintings from the couture shows! Tell me what you think.

Have a happy monday!

Trouble oh trouble set me free

2011-01-29T11:47:00.000-08:00

I have been very busy. I have been working on lots of different projects that I cannot wait to share! I drew this a couple days ago. Its a backstage photo of Ginta Lapina at Carolina Herrera Spring 2010. I loved the way they put beads in the hair. I think it is so beautiful. I would love to wrap up my hair in a bun with strands of silver beads throughout.

Thank you so much for all the lovely comments. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

you showed me what to do

2011-01-27T20:24:00.000-08:00

I thought I would finish a painting I am working on but it turns out I didn't.... so I am just posting some cropped images of some old drawings. I found a bunch of these mini drawings wedged inbetween some books while I was cleaning out my room. I had totally forgot about them. Tell me what you think!

smiles!
xo abby

riot grrrl

2011-01-26T14:46:00.000-08:00

Another old drawing from a couple years ago

The book I got in the mail yesterday. I have to do a huge project on feminism for school so this seems like a good place to start the research.

Le Happy painting

2011-01-25T19:55:00.000-08:00

I finished the painting! I love this girl's style and her hair is amazing! Check out her blog... you won't regret it!

Le Happy

1/25/11

2011-01-24T22:08:00.000-08:00

a drawing I did a couple years ago:

a painting I started tonight and plan to finish tomorrow:

I hope you are all having a wonderful day!

in the mail

2011-01-23T12:55:00.000-08:00

Im sending off 3 portfolios tomorrow. Nervous but relieved its so close to being over. Only two more to send off after this.
Now that art is fun again and I dont have any stress built on top of it.. if anyone wants me to draw them send me a pic!!

these things.

2011-01-23T11:59:00.000-08:00

Ive been feeling very tumblr-y lately...

Ive been posting multiple times a day.

This is my new favorite website-

Maryam

Here are a few of my favorite things:

this.

2011-01-01T15:23:00.000-08:00

I feel like I'm in an alternate reality when I look at this. The people at my home (we'll call them acquaintances) don't understand my excitement.

To illustrate this, here is a conversation between me and my brother:

me: Oh my god! Oh my god! That's my name! Oh my god! They finally put it up! That's MY name!!!

brother: What? What is it?

me: You know that scholarship I won? The CFDA website has the winners listed and there's MY name!

brother: You won a scholarship?

(disinterested, he returns to his video game)

Hmmf. I'm content to saturate myself in this blindingly beautiful screenshot of pure joy while my brother plays video games in a dark hole.

The whole blah damn thing

2010-12-25T19:37:00.000-08:00

Yes. This blog has been inexcusibly nonexistent in my life. Getting into art college is a lot of work, so I've been working my butt off. Tomorrow I am going to my family's farmhouse to be in compelete isolation. This will hopefully put me in the environment I need to be in in order to complete the application process. I probably won't be around much on the webs until February 1st. Big things happen February 1st. Oh yes. It will be joyous.

I have been watching Weeds. I thought this related.

Silus: sure, death is no big deal, because life is just blah blah blah.

Andy: Look Silus, life is just blah blah blah, but you hope for blah. And sometimes you find it, but mostly it's blah and waiting for blah and hoping you were right about the blahs you made. And then, just when you think you've got the whole blah damn thing figured out and your surrounded by the ones you blah, death shows up, and blah... blah... blah.

so deep and so many blahs. It's fitting for this blog I feel.

Rodarte Spring 2011

2010-09-17T07:35:00.000-07:00

I love designs taken from memories. Even if a group of people experienced the same thing, they all remember it differently. Memories are specific to their owners. The dress made of panels of wood-printed fabric brought me back to the way my house looked when I was a toddler. There are pictures of me in a grubby-looking pink onesie, roller in hand, painting over walls that look like this dress. The dress is literally encasing you in the walls of your past.(doesn't that sound dramatic!) As much as I love the Rodarte's swathing fabric and gauzy mix-match; this cleaner approach is just as brilliant. (they can't do wrong in my book) At the beginning of the show, after the first 6 or 7 looks I thought I had pretty much figured it out, but then came the gowns. Took my breath away. I want to wear them all at once.. that's how much I love them! I don't know what it is about gowns but they make me want to curl up by the fire and read a book. That's weird right? I don't know why but I think its more glamorous to wear something super fancy around the house and then go casual at a super fancy event.

waiting patiently,

Abby

This is a special post

2010-08-25T18:35:00.000-07:00

My philosophy in short:

I wanna be the girl that wears a big raglan sweater
over a ballgown. A t-shirt and a tutu, sneakers and
silk charmeuse. To me, there is nothing more glamorous.
To be fearless in the most Carrie Bradshaw confident way.
I don't want to follow the trends or shop in stores with
racks of clothes that hang there, pretending to be vintage
and special and one-of-a-kind. They are but mock memories
on a plastic shelf. A piece of clothing with a story to tell will
always stand tall against the many billowing clothes that have
never traveled the unbeaten path. This is my mantra.
The ghost-like girl that encompases my dreams and lingers
until I wake, always barely out of reach. This is who I want
to be. For someone to remember me.

Blogging Voice

2010-07-26T12:02:00.000-07:00

Finding your own "blogging voice" has been on my mind a lot recently. I would hate to be a blogger that just reposts content that has already been seen on 300 other blogs. I want my content to be original and something that readers can instantly tell I put time and effort into. Whether it be a post that contains one picture and a misely sentence or 9 paragraphs of pure gibbering words, I want it to feel interesting. I love seeing something hand crafted and traditionaly made when so much of what we see on the internet is digital and 1 dimensional. But don't get me wrong, I'm not hating on my own vechical of self expression. The internet is a beautiful thing, especially when used the right way. So what am I trying to say? Well, I'm trying to get across that an original "blogging voice" is one of my goals for this year. I want to create content that you can't get anywhere else. With a nikon D5000, a few photography and photoshop classes as well as a long long list of post ideas boiling and brewing in my journal, hopefully this blog will improve by a hundred fold and finally be the blog that I imagined when I started.
Ideas and comments are always greatly appreciated especially when it comes to what you like/dislike about the blog because I am happy to make changes. :)
Have a wonderful Monday!

A sort of New Years

2010-07-24T19:54:00.000-07:00

It's been an interesting summer. Busy as always. I am almost looking forward for school to start so that things slow down. With a million and one half-finished projects layering the floor of my bedroom, it's almost impossible to even get a drink of water in the middle of the night when my throat randomly desires liquid. I have been spending many weekends in an empty and dark house while the rest of my family goes down to our farm house. I enjoy the alone time, but once you get used to living alone, it's hard to readjust to living with other people again. Especially when those "other people" include a 5 year old and a dog half your size. As the new school year looms over me in these last couple weeks of summer, I can't help but think of it as a time for reflection and new resolutions. The beginning of a school year has always been more of a "New Years" to me anyway. If you know me well, you know I am constantly making lists. I make at least 3 a day. And these lists (flashcards were my victum this summer) are kept in little clumps under my mac desktop that I rarely go back and re-read. But sitting in front of me right now is my list of resolutions and goals and I plan to re-read it multiple times before falling asleep tonight so that they may resonate in my brain and be re-created in my dreams. Heres to a better blog and a better year!

The worlds made fabulous by fabulous clothes

2010-06-24T11:16:00.000-07:00

"Maybe the world's
just trompe l'oeil,
appearances laid out
to dazzle the eye;"

read the rest of the poem here... Couture by Mark Doty

yesterday,today,tomorrow

2010-06-22T07:31:00.000-07:00

I love this blog and think its wonderful and it make me want to draw like there's no tomorrow.

And speaking of yesterdays and tomorrows.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day. :)

Aedh wishes for the cloths of heaven

2010-06-21T20:01:00.000-07:00

Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

-W.B. Yeats

Another poem from this site. I might end up posting quite a few of them. I do love poetry so.

monday dreams

2010-06-21T09:08:00.000-07:00

Grizzly

2010-06-21T07:30:00.000-07:00

So basically music videos like this blowmyfreakingmind.

I want a red dress

2010-06-20T09:23:00.000-07:00

I really love this website.

You know how magazines and designers LOVE to continuously ask the question, "What do women want?" I think this is dumb. I don't want to sound like a feminazi but you can't generalize all women and dump them into one giant pool. Not all women want the same thing. But all of that aside, here is the poem. I love it.

Who wants to join me in the woods?

2010-06-19T08:55:00.001-07:00

So... after at least a year of blogging... I decided it was definitely time to swallow my pride and just ask for help. I am not very good with the tech stuff so with Julianne's help I finally conquered the "big picture"

snaps for me.

screencaps

2010-06-09T13:25:00.000-07:00

An Education

2010-06-05T13:42:00.000-07:00

I watched An Education last night. My very favorite scenes were when they played Sweet Nothings while Jenny and Helen sang along and got ready for their trip and the scene where Danny (Dominic Cooper... sigh.) dances with Jenny.

I want this jacket. I love asymmetrical jackets.

The student fashion shows always tend to fascinate me more than the regular shows. I don't know whether its because the designers seem more real to me; they are closer in actual age or if it's because they are students and don't have brands that they need to uphold any sort of reputation or worry about creative freedom with. Anyway.. the entire post (by SusieBubble) is quite glorious so check it out on her blog.

Must return to my Sex and the City binge. So long for now!

Hello world

2010-05-14T15:10:00.000-07:00

I've read Tavi's and Arabelle's takes on feminism and the Terry Richardson ordeal and it really got my thinking.... surprisingly.. not about feminism or the horribleness that surrounds and encompasses the Terry Richardson ordeal, but about my generation and change and how super cool it is to grow up in this "blogging world." This is what I love about fashion, right here, my generation. It's girls like this, intelligent and brave enough to say what they want that make me feel connected and so proud of the people my age. The world is changing and the fashion industry is too, and we are leading the way.....

I'M BACK!

here ya go:

2010-04-28T16:52:00.000-07:00

http://livedbut3summerdays.tumblr.com/

OR...

http://livedbut3summerdays.tumblr.com/ask

She got jumper cable lips

2010-04-21T22:25:00.001-07:00

http://www.hulu.com/dorm-life

^^^That is my new obsession.^^^

Go watch it. I don't wanna go to school tomorrow! wahhh! I never know what to say anymore on this blog... maybe I should just stop.. or like take a break or something. I think the reason I started one was mostly to share my artwork.. but I haven't posted anything related to that subject in months. I suppose that I should revert back to my original desires for this blog and clean it up a bit, give it a new focus and a more professional format. Well, when I figure that all out... you'll know.

sewing on the brain

2010-04-20T14:33:00.000-07:00

I've been working on this scholorship where you design and sew a prom dress and I LOOVE my dress so far.... hopefully it will turn out the way I imagined it in the first place. I am really excited about it. It's been a good couple weeks, Ive been listening to the broken bells album, the Decemberists, and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, reading a lot.. stuff like that. My college counselor said that their was another girl in my class looking at Parsons and schools in New York and looked at me like I knew who it was... and now it's my goal to figure out who it is.. because god! it would be so nice to talk to someone looking at an "alternative" college experience... so nice! Oh! and I bought creepers while I was in New York! I was soo excited when I found them...Well, so long!

Mercredi

2010-04-14T18:59:00.000-07:00

What do I do when I have two potential scholarships due the next day?? make a blog post of course! The highlight of my day was getting to play guitar (two new songs)..... (secretly.. I sometimes wish I could bring it to school) it was wonderful.. and I know they say "don't practice for hours at a time.. but practice a little bit each day..." but I was playing for hours and it really hurts to type all of this... and I kinda wanna stop right now....owwww. Maybe I'll make a video for you guys sometime this weekend.... hopefully I'll have a day where I don't look like shit..... ohh wait.. that's everyday!

paper mache yoda tells me.... time to go to sleep, it is. Wonderful day, have you... yes.

sleep

2010-04-11T11:08:00.000-07:00

I have a lot to do.. but instead I am procrastinating because I don't want to do anything. bblllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

This is from when I was in New York at Mood fabrics. (btw .. this is how I envision heaven)

Bonnaroo

2010-04-08T14:57:00.001-07:00

Summer: Of course coming back (going back to school) from spring break is the equivalent to taking candy from a child after they already had a taste. My mind has already officially checked out, all I think about is summer. There are so many concerts and music festivals and road trips and farm weekends to look forward to. I'll be 18 and finally get my tattoo. I will paint and draw furiously every day to build up my portfolio for college (RISD hopefully...) I will hang out with only cool people and meet new people and draw people... I love people. I'll read and write and have a job and practice guitar. :) sigh......

If you see me walkin down the street

2010-04-08T14:54:00.000-07:00

Okay so I've been back for awhile but.. well I just haven't felt like writing or talking about "how my college trips went" for the billionth time. BUT I finally decided to suck it up and just get on with it. I feel like such a moocher reading other peoples' blogs and then not doing anything with mine. :( So this is how I'm going to do it:

I you have any questions or genuine interest in how my experience of the tours of RISD, Parsons, FIT, or MassArt went.. just ask me in the comments, especially if you are thinking about going to any of those.

I will say that RISD was my favorite but I honestly LOVED ALL of them (exception: FIT)

My experience of New York and Providence and Boston is beyond words... I really wouldn't even know where to begin.

Junior Ring is tomorrow. When I was shopping for a dress in New York, nobody knew what junior ring was and then I told them and they were like really confused. And I was all like, "uhh ... I think this is too short for the nuns" and they were all like, "ohhh. Wait.. so are you guys Catholic?l" and I was all like,"Nope," and then I was all like, "Its like a big thing to get your junior ring at my school for some reason" and then one of them was all like, "oh, yup. My boyfriend is Catholic." and I was all like, "cool"

linky links

2010-03-26T21:02:00.000-07:00

So.. it's still thursday for me but I got bored so I thought I would give you some youtube links! yay!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qow5_R0ab7w (no words...)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFiApf_m4H0 (this literally makes me pee in my pants)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZuOgEptHcU (music!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sawkL_7gLQs&feature=player_embedded (Play it fucking loud!)

Friday

2010-03-26T13:58:00.000-07:00

It's Friday. My friend and I are probably off eating baked goods somewhere.. celebrating the end of school (sadly not my last goodbye) and the beginning of spring break! Something about spring break, I know its only going to last a week, yet it feels like summer break is about to begin....I'm not really sure what tense I should be speaking in right now...because as I am typing this.. it is thursday night.

Cassie is like the Luna Lovegood of skins and obviously my favorite character. Her, "oh wow..." s really get stuck in my head... like I end up saying them in public.. and people look at me funny. It's like one of those things were it seems like I have a split personality... and sometimes I'm Cassie, and sometimes I'm Abby. WEEIIRDD.

I must go now! Wish me luck! Oh how I hate goodbyes.....

Tuesday

2010-03-21T18:58:00.001-07:00

I just got up from a nap.... and am writing this after a horrible day at school. Do you ever have those days when you hate everything? Like literally everything just makes you want to cry or really really pissed off? I think this is a good time for my New York trip to be coming up because I am growing more and more aggrivated with this town/city every day.

I wanted to share some pictures from I Capture the Castle, it was a really great movie (and good book I assume, I want to read it now) and I recommend it! I love the clothes very much. There are no good pictures to show some of my favorite outfits.... so I guess you'll just have to watch the movie!

goodbye.

Monday

2010-03-21T18:57:00.000-07:00

Basically I will be doing these scheduled postings for the rest of the week.. because I will be crazy busy....

Like I said earlier... this week will be BORING BORING BORING....

I went to goodwill and the salvation army this past weekend and bought a dress and a velvet blue top and books! It was such a great weekend, my parents went to the farm and my "aunt" Sally (she's really my mom's cousin) stayed at our house for a couple days. I mostly just hung out at home and did some random shopping, but it was nice to have someone in the house, plus she's a cool "aunt" and she spent a lot of time in our garage, smoking and painting. Sometimes I would go out and sit in her car while she made me listen to songs she wanted me to sing at the next wedding(lots of Burt Bacharach and Dionne Warwick). Anyway, saturday night, my uncle's fiance (soon to be aunt!) came over, we ordered chinese and watched I Capture the Castle... which got me thinking about the kind of people I spend time around. I spend a fair amount of time with older people and I've always felt more comfortable doing so, but I also am constantly around a 5 year old (my little sister), and then people my age of course as well. So I'm hoping these age differences make me a more well rounded person, but who knows. ^___^

bored bored bored

I capture the castle

2010-03-21T12:06:00.000-07:00

New York is in a week! and I am no where near ready! I have soo much to sew and make and no money or time to complete it all! Oh woe is me!

hold up you glass, hold it in

2010-03-15T20:14:00.000-07:00

I think i'll go home and mull this over

Before i cram it down my throat

At long last it's crashed, it's colossal mass

Has broken up into bits in my moat.

Lift the mattress off the floor

Walk the cramps off

Go meander in the cold

Hail to your dark skin

Hiding the fact you're dead again

Undeneath the power lines seeking shade

Far above our heads are the icy heights that contain all reason

It's a luscious mix of words and tricks

That let us bet when you know we should fold

On rocks i dreamt of where we'd stepped

And the whole mess of roads we're now on.

Hold your glass up, hold it in

Never betray the way you've always known it is.

One day i'll be wondering how I got so old just wondering how

I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow.

This is way beyond my remote concern

Of being condescending

All these squawking birds won't quit.

Building nothing, laying bricks.

Just pictures and a song for today. ^___^

"The high road" -Broken Bells

2010-03-15T17:28:00.001-07:00

Yes. It is monday... and I haven't posted for a couple days and basically the only reason I am now is because I am procrastinating and have a hatred for school that runs deeper than the depths of hell. Anyway... :) I wrote two new songs today.... and I like them as of now but I will probably hate them tomorrow. This past weekend I was tired almost every freakin day. I was already dreading monday (today) on friday. BUT there were a couple highlights.... like for one...

THE BEST STRIPPER SHOES I HAVE EVER ENCOUNTERED!

Yup, I bought them... couldn't resist... crazy shoes are my addiction. and yes, those glittery red lips right there... those are coin slots...

for all your money making purposes of course! there is actually a lever on the sole of the shoe that you can lift up and shake the coins out. My dreams are fulfilled. Hah! I bought them at a used clothing store. I can just imagine the past lives these shoes have had. Just think.. these could have belong to (and most likely) a real stripper!

I guess I better do my homework now..... 0_____0

cupcakes and virgins and conversation notebooks

2010-03-11T17:33:00.000-08:00

I want strands of beads in my huurr

I want this girls hair^BADLY!

Can I just be you? <3

The weather has been so nice out lately... and it makes me extremely frustrated at school. I have shin splints from running yesterday.... and god cursed me with weak ankels... ihatemylife. Life has been pretty boring this week. I can't wait for these upcoming weekends at the farm with my friends. No parents, s'mores, fresh air, and illegal things! :)

I can't wait for the weekend.
I can't wait to have time to just lay around and practice guitar and watch intelligent foreign movies and work on all the projects that are dying to be finished.
I need to devirginize my sewing machine....
well, don't tell anyone, but she's actually not a virgin..... she just hasn't been touched in awhile.
I think I'll draw you a picture in chemistry tomorrow, that cool?
awesome. g'night!

p.s. Happy birthday to a friend:) (there... happy?)

Ohhhhh ya..... me and my friends started this notebook that we write conversations in. It's really gonna be great source material for me. Anyway.. it's conversations we have or that we overhear or... make up! HAH!

I had a cupcake today:) Okay.... thats all. Good night.

little pirana fish

2010-03-09T19:10:00.001-08:00

I have some secret projects going on at the moment that are quite exciting but I am not sharing with ANYONE just yet! (even more fun!) anyway.. I knew I had to post today so here ya go, courtesy of chemistry class and my friend Caitlin's skilled hand.

Come as you are, as a friend

2010-03-08T21:07:00.001-08:00

I watched The Cove for the third time this weekend. It still makes me cry and scream inside. Horrifying...

Anyway.. on a lighter note..
My singing at the wedding went well. I made some people cry.... so I'd say that's successful... or gosh.. now that I think about it.... that could be really bad....

Tomorrow's tuesday so another mundane day at school. The weather was nice today. small talk small talk small talk... ladeedaa

I just realized how incredibly boring this blog has gotten. And I'm sorry.. but its gonna stay pretty boring for about .. ehh... I'd say another 14 days roughly. Then, miraculously it will become interesting! How do I know this you might ask? I'm psychic. So, sorry bout that.. you can just not read this blog for like 14 days if you'd like.... totally fine with that.

Rainy days and mondays always get me down

2010-03-07T19:56:00.000-08:00

blah blah blah this weekend was FUUUUN .....and there are many farm weekends coming up and spring break to look forward to:) Don't like school. bleh. Still reading Stowaway. The writing style is so interesting. I miss the way books were written. Everything goes so much slower and things develope and unfolds in a much more relaxed and natural way, more believable in my opinion. Anyway, I still have lots to do tonight... haven't slept in my own bed all weekend.. it feels weird. Nighty night.

ohh ya... and this:

ummmm YES.

Scar tissue that I wish you saw

2010-03-04T19:28:00.001-08:00

I'm quite excited for the wedding this weekend. I haven't been to one in a long time. I can't wait to dress up! I've been thinking a lot lately. Me and my friend, (should I say her name?... okay I'll say it. teehee.) Laura , have been having many discussions about people who are private and people who are public. Some people are ready to share their life story the second you meet them! Others gradually let you in on their little secrets and others still, never share a thing. I know people who fit into all three of those catagories.

Laura is disgusted by PDA... like she wants to throw up every time it is displayed and I'm like that too I guess.... I mean I' m not going to throw up on someone (probably).... but it tends to put a nasty look on my face and a strange taste in my mouth. I am more the reserved type. I think it's good to leave a little mystery in the world. Part of the fun of meeting someone new is figuring them out.

So kids! that's all the insight I have today!

Have a wonderful thursday!

Bonjour! Ca va? Je n'aime pas mercredi:(

2010-03-03T06:39:00.000-08:00

Sorry I didn't post yesterday. This week is pure nonsense.... If I don't self implode.. something is wrong with me.

My room and all my stuff is slowly accumulating in giant heaps around me... as I struggle to find space on my bed to curl up into a little ball. I bought Where the Wild Things Are yesterday! It's too special for me to watch on a poopy weekday where the thought of homework lingers in my brain all night long. My dreams have taken a sudden turn and have decided to strictly stick to the subject of summer. Every single one for the past week has been summer. I WANT SUMMER!

Oh and I also dreamed a little dream bout Missoni. The past couple seasons I have adored.

The stylig is amazing and the whole nomadic feel of it was spectacular. One of the reason I really appreciate Missoni is that everything is thoughtful and intellectual enough for me AND extremely comfy. They are outfits I could see myself wearing anywhere. :)

Don't know how well blogging is going to go for the next couple days. My cousin's wedding is this weekend and I'm singing in it. Lots to do! It all depends on how much I get done tonight. So I must leave you now and work my butt off! A tout a leur! Au Revoir!

Leafy seadragon

2010-03-01T09:37:00.000-08:00

So I got to thinking yesterday about seahorses and ya know how the males have the babies and so that made me look stuff up about seahorses and then I was browsing our bookshelfs and found the COOLEST THING EVER. The how and why wonder book of fish.

excerpt: "The seahorse get its name because its head, neck and torso look very much like those of a thoroughbred horse. One of the oddest things about the seahorse is that the father, not the mother, gives birth to the babies.There are about 50 different seahorses in the oceans of the world. They range in sixe from one inch to about fourteen inches high, and are brightly colored in shades of red, blue, and ivory." (well my picture was of a yellow one... so I don't know where they got their information.)

I also read somewhere that seahorse like to swim in pairs linked by their tails. How cute is that?

AND THEN I READ ABOUT THESE!

"The leafy seadragon is one of the rarest fish in the whole great world of the sea. No more than half a dozen have ever been found. This odd creature is a distant cousin of the seahorse, and is about a foot long." (AKA I need one of these in my fish tank walls.)

Then I started thinking about mermaids and how badly I wanted to be one.. of course when I imagine myself as a mermaid.. its like the Disney version where the water is crayola blue and there is no dark scary waters or unknown depths.

batman and blueberry muffins

2010-02-28T13:11:00.001-08:00

Tired.. very tired... I always get this way around 3 o'clock.

later that evening: (Hah, sometimes I start a post and then don't finish it for a long time)

Today was pretty long. I made bluberry muffins this morning and did my firm tape (this is the title of my 80's workout video) it kicked my butt. Did some homework, drew some designs, went to art class, practised guitar, ate dinner, did some more homework, talked to friends on facebook, did some more homework, wish I had time to clean my catastrophic room and draw a little more. booohooo.. thinking about how absolutely horrid it's going to be to go back to school tomorrow. probably going to watch Stand By Me on netflix now. Have a good night!

Don't sleep in the subway darling

2010-02-28T01:16:00.000-08:00

I always dream about "my house one day". I can picture it in my mind and know every detail down to the type of spoons I'll have. I'll have minature terraiums in glass teapots lining a windowsill and fish swimming in glass jars hanging from the branches of the tree outside. I love fish tanks and all things related to the sea... which is odd considering dark sea water is number three on things that scare me most.

1. Getting lost, while driving my myself, on streets that are foreign to me.

2. Getting raped. (Yes, getting raped is number 2)

3. Dark ocean water with unknown depths.

It will be magical. I want a room where the walls are fish tanks instead of plaster. So I'll be surrounded by water and sea life. I'll fill it with fish like these.

now thats a big fish

You know why I like seahorses? Its because the men have the babies. MUHAHAHHAHA

... and they're pwetty

My tv room will just be like a tiny box, like a crawl space, and the floor and ceiling and walls will be covered with fur, and the tv. will be placed inside the furry wall. That one might not actually happen because then I think about how hot it might get in there. hmm.

Today is Sunday. LOTS to do.

Nobody said it was easy

2010-02-27T14:34:00.000-08:00

I finally got my V magazine in the mail. It was lovely.

I started desgning a new dress today. It might end up being a top though.. or it might end up being nothing, hah.

I watched Grey Gardens last night. I will always love the Edies. I also went to a place called Cyranos (in St.Louis) and had a late night dessert with some friends. We shared a dessert called Bread Pudding with cherry bourbon sauce. It sounds gross, but it was delicious! I am craving it as I type. yuuuuummmmm....

I bought a book that has the collection of letter and poems that John Keats wrote for Fanny Brawne. I love it very dearly.

I have been reading a lot lately and also writing in general.

This is another update that is rather boring and pointless and I'm sorry I will try harder to make them interesting. What would you like me to post about?

ETSY FAVORITES

2010-02-26T11:45:00.000-08:00

Amazing shoe designs by:
ReneeSnelson

robot soap

robot plushie

platform

PANDA BEARS!

These remind me of Harry Potter when he gets that book that has teeth and it basically trys to rip his hand off.... except in shoe form.

stars fading but I linger on dear

2010-02-26T11:26:00.000-08:00

Maybe its because I was watching the olympics last night; the cross country skiers and free style ice skaters.. but I kind of fell in love with D&G's fall show. I love a good theme, I can't help myself. I love an obsession and enjoy watching it. I feel that when a designer puts out a show that circles around a particualr subject it gives it that desirability. The pieces designed with it will look quirky and interesting when you pair them with something else.

enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSLMet5pnVU

sleep all day

2010-02-25T06:13:00.000-08:00

I had a little moment last night, where I freaked out about colleges. As a junior, these moments occur freaquently. Like my stomach hurts, I am so scared about not getting into my number one choice. But then I listen to music and calm down and all is good. OMG if I don't get a drink of water right now....... aHHHHHH

okay I'm back.

I HAVE NO SCHOOL FRIDAY.

So I totally zonked up my guitar yesterday and it got all out of tune and so when I practiced it sounded.. well, it sounded painful. And then I tuned it when I got home from school today and somehow it still sounds weird.....hmmmm... now what I do. (Okay I know you don't actually care about any of this...)

annnnd.... because I haven't figured out how to be techy and basically shouldn't have been born in my generation.. here is a link and not the actual video to a song that makes me rock my head back and forth. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g09WSFuSnF0

yup so its my day off and it is wonderful!
I should really make my posts.. I don't know... actually have a point.

"The mind can make a heaven out of hell or a hell out of heaven"

2010-02-24T13:46:00.001-08:00

Me and my friend were having a discussion today about fashion, in general. You see, most of my friends don't understand why I am into it. And trying to explain it is hard so these are my thoughts on it:
1. I appreciate art and what goes into the making or creating of anything whether it be a kinetic sculpture or a styrofoam cup drawn on with sharpies. I also appreciate what goes into the making and creating and ideas behind design; because I understand the NEED to create and express something. People will always have their opinions or make something you created into something it's not. Art and creation on display is going to be judged and open to interpretation according to the individual. So lets start with that. Fashion is design, obviously.. thats why they call them designers.
2. The people I like in the industry are people like Tavi, just cool and unique people, someone I would be friends with, an individual, who dresses up for fun and knows that personality and heart and humor are the only things that REALLY matter. But dressing up is fun anf life is supposed to be fun. Marc Jacobs is fun. Then there are designers like Comme des Garcon and Rodarte with clothes that make you think, like you would with an abstract painting, think about both life and sadness and complicated things like that.
3. I can wear black sweatpants and baggy t shirts all the time.. and I often do, and it doesnt mean I don't care about fashion becasue to me, fashion is about people, the individual, fashion is art, fashion is culture, and people, art, and culture are my life.
Nothing is black and white my friends. And everyone is entitled to their opinion, so you may still hate style but, to each his/her own.

p.s. Tavi has a great article on this riiiiigght here: http://tavi-thenewgirlintown.blogspot.com/2010/01/fashion-basically-also-team-conan.html

I really have nothing to say today

2010-02-23T15:18:00.001-08:00

hmm... got nothing. So this is what you get instead.

more hairspirations!

2010-02-23T06:48:00.000-08:00

Fashiongonerogue GONE!

2010-02-22T06:06:00.000-08:00

The day was a sad day... as I made my daily route through the interwebs, (mainly facebook and many many blogs), confusion overcame me when I typed in fashiongonerogue.com and was led to bing... which then led me to a very disappointing screen, stating that the host of fashiongonerogue could not keep up with the number of people visiting the site each day and therefor had to shut down. The once bright skies darkened and gloomy clouds appeared overhead. My face cast a look of "NOOOOO!" as I realized one of my valuble sources of inspiration and foreign magazines no longer exsisted. BUT THERE IS HOPE MY FRIENDS! They can continue to provide these services for the rest of the year if they can get together 2,400 dolla dolla bills and move to a personal server! THIS MUST HAPPEN! So with that, I leave you my dear friends....

And as Hank and John would say, DFTBA!

UPDATE: IT"S BACK!!!

the never ending debate: Unicorns vs. Zombies

2010-02-22T05:49:00.000-08:00

Wednesday Addams

Lydia Deetz

Enid Coleslaw

Violet Parr

Margot Tenenbaum

This is going to be long... and because I can't find this article anywhere online, I am going to type it out for you, thats how FREAKING DEDICATED I am....

Mallory Bater, that was her name. She was in my American History class in high school, and she sat in the back, her face perpetually half-hidden by a heavy curtain of black hair. Her notebooks were covered in band stickers and inticate drawings that suggested a rich innner life, but she scarcely spoke to anyone- although sometimes I'd see her out at indie rock shows with cute, morose-looking boys and black clad girls who didn't go to our school (or, I suspected, any school). She wasn't one of the rock chicks who smoked behind the detention trailers; nor was she your garden variety goth- she was a class apart; and she was fascinating. And when my 10-year reunion came up, it wasn't any of the homecoming queens I wanted to see... it was Mallory Bates.
What is it about girls like Mallory that makes them stick in our minds so insistently? For me, it was because she was, on the outside, the girl I felt like on the inside: She was unconventional, iconoclastic, thoughtful, and kind of a freak; she was an outsider,a nd proud of it, unafraid to be herself at the very age when the rest of uswere desperately trying to fit in. Characters like her have appeared again and again in films and TV shows and songs, and they're always the ones I identify with most: from sharp-witted, wry smiled, emotionally complex habitual eye-rollers like Margot Tenenbaum in The Royal Tenenbaums to Angela Chase in My So Called Life to the darker-minded (and darker-haired), deadpan damsels like Lydia Deetz and Violet Baudelaire from the Lemony Snicket stories. These girls said what they thought, did what they wanted, and more whatever the hell they felt like. They knew that life, a lot of the time, really kinda sucks, and we shouldn't kid ourselves otherwise. They realized so much earlier than the rest of us that the ony way through life is to be true to yourself- and every decision they make, every line they drop, every dress they put on is a testament to that.
It all started, of course, with one 6-year-old Wednesday Addams (middle name,Friday). Her creator, the cartoonist Charles Addams, described her thus: "Child of woe is wane and delicate... sensitive and on the quite side, she loves the picnics and outings to the underground caverns... a solemn child, prim in dress and on the whole, pretty lost... secretive and imaginative, poetic, seems underprivelidged and given to occasional tantrums... has six toes on one foot..." We love Lisa Loring's incarnation of her in the 60's TV show particularly. With her intense inscrutability, her slightly scray willingness to do the wrong thing, her tight, 19th century style plaits and her never changing, impeccable black dresses, shes our ultimate anti-heroine. Whether practising ballet in her black tutu, playing with her pet spider, Homer, or beheading her Marie Antoinette doll, she embodies the strange and contrary girl we love. But there have been plenty who have folloed in her footsteps-if not her wardrobe- since.
Remeber Ally Sheedy's turn as Allison Reynolds in The Breakfeast Club? Who could ever forget her cereal sandwich, her compulsive lying, or the contents of her handbag? For a time in the late 1980's and early 90's, Winona Ryder was the archetype for our alt-girl, with her snow-white skin and pitch-black hair; she was as spectrally peculiar as she was beautiful. As Vernica Sawyer in Heathers, she may have been in with the popular crowd, but she resented her friends and their tiresome focus on superficialities ("I used my grand IQ to figure out what color of lipgloss to wear and how to hit three keggers before curfew," she complains.) As the super-morbid Lydia Deetz, she skulks around dressed exclusively in black (long skirts, veils, and wide-rimmed hats, so her powder pale skin isn't touched by the sun) , uttering perfectly gloomy lines. When her parents offer to build her a darkroom, she says: "My whole life is a darkroom. One big, dark room." She herself acknowledges that she is "strange and unusual," so when she figures out her house is haunted, she isn't afraid, she intrigued. That's the mettle we should all aspire to- and not the sort who stands on a chair and screams when a spider creeps into view.
As Enid Coleslaw in Ghost World Thora Burch instantly added a heroine to our list. In her heavy black glasses, vintage dresses, dyed black hair, and red lipstick, Enid is a sulky wise-ass, a willful underachiever who gets an F in art class even though she's a talented illustrator; but occasionally her heart slips out on her sleeve, and for all her weirdness and intractibility, she's suddenly leagues more likable and compelling than her more conventional best friend. Old, wise, and witty beyond her years, ever though we never see Enid in highschool, we know that she was the cynical, dark girl in the corner who we all either were or wanted to be- the one who was too busy thinking about moving to New York and becoming an artist to worry about whether or not she had a date on Friday night. We can also pretty safely assume that later, she going to grow up to be the kind of women who would rather spend the day at the National History Museum over Harvey Nichols. She'll always be a creative, independent thinker, a person who never follows anyone's lead but her own.
And it's not just on film that these icons exist, there's a long tradition of cartoon lasses too, who glower and sulk and emanate a kind of intelligent, quirky allure. Darria Morgendorffer was just as distinguished by her cool reserve and sarcastic wit (she'd ask questions like, "Is life always this tawdry, stupid, and humiliating? Or is it just a phase?") As much as she was by her monotone voice and never-changing wardrobe: owl-like spectacles, combat boots, a green fatigue jacket, and a mini skirt. She sat in the back during pep rallies; she considered most of her fellow teens to be complete idiots; her favorite TV show was Sick, Sad World. Being the un-collest girl in school made her, by far, the coolest. And how not to love Violet Parr in The Incredibles: an anxious, gloomy heel-dragger who hid behind her long black hair and possessed untold superpowers. She grew more confident as the movie went on and kicked some out-of-control-robot ass, which was great. But when she finally swept her hair off her face, it seemed like something of a letdown- the joy of these characters is that they never should have to compromise for the outside world. If Violet had stayed true to herself, she would have stayed shy and strange and not worried to much about the boy she ends up with.
Nevertheless, her chrysalis stage was wonderful enough to inspire Marc Jacobs- he named her as an influence for his Fall 2005 Ready-to-Wear Collection.
Maybe we love the introspective literary-minded girl because, especially in today's ultra-public "look at me" culture, we never quite know what she's thinking. She never talks to loudly or chirps vaacuously about boys or shopping or diets or manicures. She knows all the lyrics to every single Cure song btu probably can't name anything on mainsteam radio; she's unfettered by convention and banality and boredom. She's clever and curious and will probably go far. She's become a writer or an inventor or a stylist or designer or a painter, and she's far more likely to affect the world than any J.Crew-clad future soccer mom. And that's why, if we ever knew her, we'll always wonder what happened to her.
As for Mallory Bates, I'm sure she's out there doing something enterprising and unusual, because that's the kind of girl she was. She never turned up at my highschool reunion, of course, no doubt she had better things to do.

:) Hope your day is wonderful and full of awesome.
p.s. I can't believe you read all of that. jeesh.

Unique review

2010-02-21T06:49:00.000-08:00

I wanna drinka coffee and snuggle up in this! (minus the stone age eyebrows... those might cause some lack of vision)

Fanatstic Mr. Fox inspiration?

Ya know I love a good flouncy skirt!

Want that bear hat!

reminds me of little kids dressing up in clothes that are way to big for them, the girl version of Max possibly?

Textures!

I love how they used bit and bobs to create a fur effect.

The cut of this coat is splendid and I love how they combined it with the navy pin stripes.

The coats and jackets definitely OWNED.

I like the word Unique as the name of a brand, though it does sounds a bit pretentious, ya know? Like wow, look how unique I am, I am like super unique.

...Okay onto the review:

This collection conjured up thoughts of where the wild things are, children, comfort, and even a wonderful escapism and dreamlike atmosphere. I like the combination of Max's costume with the furry wild things. I also love the Emma Cook animal masks/hats, lots of wit!

Japanese nail art and New York

2010-02-20T15:44:00.000-08:00

Spring break is coming up and me and my parents are going college shopping. I am supa dupa excited to wear anything but my uniform! We are heading up east to New York and Rhode Island. I need to start making some clothes pronto for this trip! I am sure I will have many adventures... but who likes going on vacation with their parents? Not me. I can't wait to post about it though! I've know for so long that up east is where I belong....Though, my parents definietely don't belong up there so maybe I can ditch them and do sneeky fashiony things around New York by myself and walk around like I am basically freakin Andy Sachs when she turns into a clacker! I even have a playlist all set out for the trip.

My letter to New York:

Dear New York:

How you always fill my dreams at night.

splendid are you in your many majestic ways of being awesome

and to quote John Green, decreasing world suck

and the most amazing thing about you might just be the fact that you

are one of the most accepting places in our country

like I could walk out of the house wearing a polar bear on my head and not be stared at strangely
albit me and polar bears aren't the best of friends these days

presumily because of the fact not much is going on to prevent their decreasing numbers and because even though they are cute and fluffy and majestic looking (I just used majestic twice, maybe New York and polar bears are alike) they rarely see humans and therefore are quite nasty when they do. Wow.. this letter got a little off track... uhhh right.

Oh New York, New York

I know when I see you it will feel like my body is full of rainbows

and I imagine it may also feel like how it would be to live on the moon where cats could talk and only really cool non sucky people would live.

And I would also like to share these

super tripped out nails:

you can buy some here: http://www.kawaiinails.com/

Saturday

2010-02-20T15:34:00.000-08:00

Just came back from the bookstore with my friend, we bought Japanese candy and Ramune and it was delicious. I also bought a couple books and magazines. Somehow during all the running around, I lost my phone. So after more running around, we went up to the counter and asked the guy at the register if hed seen one. He was in a good mood, one of those people who just always seems to be happy.... I like those people:) Anyway he asked what type of phone it was and I basically responded with, "uhhhhh... its green with a black cover." I don't even freakin know what type of phone I have! BUT, they found it and all was well with the world again.

blah blah blah... I don't have anything to say.

p.s. has anyone noticed the revamped blog layout? New colors!

Hello dolly!

2010-02-19T15:20:00.000-08:00

Today I bought a Hello Kitty coloring book at Walgreens and I kinda can't wait to color it and watch movies when I get back home later tonight. Yeah... my friday nights are like SUPA CRAAZY. I got my infomercial cds in the mail today. YAY! hahahha.........uhh infomercials.... my brother is mad at me because "I bought into it" but I don't care, they are good! I tried to convince my mom to let me get the new ASHISH gold wedges, but she didn't give in. She has a major thing against glitter and gold and anything shiny, so it was doomed from the start. BUT, I am determined and if I set up a good argument them maybe ... just maybe.... I will be looking fabulous at my cousins wedding!

Just look at those wedges! So AMAZING! (I can just see inside my mom's head, "Stripper wedges, stripper wedges..)
On another note.... last tuesday I was watching Lost with my brother, sister, and mom. Me and my brother were bickering about who was really inside Locke(this last phrase sounds strange but if you watch the show, you know what I'm talkin about), when I hear behind me, coming from my 5 year old sister, "Don't get mad, get glad!" If you could see my facial expression right now......

first I burst out laughing.. then I realized.. wow.. that is really sad, obviously a little too much TV.... hahahaha but still funny!
HAVE A WONDERFUL FRIDAY!

this song gives me shivers

2010-02-17T20:57:00.000-08:00

I am my mother's only one
It's enough
I wear my garment so it shows
Now you know
Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon
I am my mother on the wall, with us all
I move in water, shore to shore;
Nothing's more
Only love is all maroon
Lapping lakes like leary loons
Leaving rope burns
Reddish ruse
Only love is all maroon
Gluey feathers on a flume
Sky is womb and she's the moon
-Bon Iver (Flume)

poetry in a song at it's best.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.

2010-02-17T20:10:00.000-08:00

Bright Star.

One of the greatest films I have seen in a long time. I have been waiting for this to come in through my Netflix for months and I just finished watching it, literally 10 minutes ago. John Keats was always one of my favorite poets, and this movie made me love him even more (it helps that he is played by Ben Whishaw) Everything about it was done impeccably. The cinamatagrophy, the costumes, character developement, acting, set design... it was all beautiful. I sure many of you have seen this film already considering it has been out for a little while now. I watched the special features and listening to Jane Campion talk about the film was wonderful. She has such insight and intelligence and told the story of John Keats beautifully. This movie especially is so great to me because I think what it really gets across in the end is the importance of intimacy and connection. Just the other day I was thinking about how much I miss talking to people on the phone. I sometimes wish I didn't have texting because I miss actually hearing the sound of someone's voice, their fluxation of sounds and tones of sarcasism. People talk about how technology connects us but in actuallity, I feel as if it does the opposite. Not being able to hear the way people talk about.. whatever they are talking about.. does quench the communication between two people. Like facial expressions, the undertone in someone's voice can portray something completely opposite of what they are actually saying, which is lost in a text; if they are speaking of something they are passionate about, or sad, or angry. That is what I got from this film and I cried my eyes out at the end. Go see it.

I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the heart's affections, and the truth of imagination.

- John Keats

powder painting

2010-02-09T12:05:00.000-08:00

Abby needs money, and a job. Hmm... usually the two go hand in hand. I miss my sewing machine. Making things is expensive.

On another note...
So basically after seeing Abbey Lee's editorial in Vogue Australia.. I was like.... Please.. I want that hair! and I was googling stuff and I came across this article (http://www.vogue.com.au/beauty/news/abbeys+strands+take+a+dip,2563)

and it made me soooo happy! I am trying this out the second I can throw together some cash and buy some mac pigments. This way I can keep my school happy and try out all different colors before I decide wich one I will dye my whole head on senior graduation.