oh na na

i've been feeling much more inspired lately than i have in several years. its odd to think it took this long to re-boot. maybe i'm seeing more things that speak to me lately, instead of boring me out of my misery. i've started keeping a journal. i think that it's doing amazing things in terms of sorting out all my thoughts. more importantly, i love this picture i took of my little fatty.

so regal. so alien-like.

r&r

a very excellent day off, if i do say so myself.

good morning desk! a cup of green tea to start the day and flipping through my blogroll.

oh hey there lady poodle. (i finally got a new desk lamp after many months of sitting way too close to my computer screen, so excited).

time to run some errands! what to wear what to wear.

that'll do. first things first though, lunch!

now what else

how about avocado, mahi mahi, cilantro hummus and sunchips? yes please and thanks. now those errands.

time to reorganize! i also picked up some hangers since i'm overhauling my closet, but that's not so exciting.

all my babies in one place! makes my heart so happy.

lippies.

gearing up for the cold weather with some yes to carrots for the bag.

such a cute little tub!

needed a new top coat to keep my nails laquered up for longer. i do not consider this part of breaking my ban.

okay now this is breaking my ban. BUT i did go into several clothing stores and did not purchase a thing, so for day 2 of the ban, i still consider the progress successful. slow and steady wins the race.

time for dinner and some apartment cleanup. microwaveable pad thai (which btw is really good) with the snazzy new chopsticks my beau gave me.

and done.

some things i like above all else

1. almond milk (to reduce my soy consumption and increase breakfast tastiness, also makes a delicious iced chai)
2. this little number

Tenniscoats - Baibaba Bimba | A Take Away Show from La Blogotheque on Vimeo.

3. vietnamese food (especially at vietnam garden, where they serve coconut sorbet in a coconut shell)
4. some older datarock, specifically ganguro girl and i will always remember you (listen to it! you'll like it!)
5. this girl

6. reeses peanut butter cups
7. the new i-D

8. eavesdropping on my downstairs neighbors
9. rings! loads and loads and loads of rings!

get a grip

With all the free time I've been afforded due to my own calling on for a personal vacation, I've been given tons of time to do the things that truly make me happy, and with all the little things aside, I've been attempting to make an effort to write again. I used to write a lot before than I do now, but now feels different. Now I feel as if there's pressure (even though there isn't) for me to write something that I really truly care about. And while writer's block is making itself known, the main problem is finding something to write about that I honestly do care about. Do I really care about the umpteenth collaboration that whozits doing with whatzits? Not really. Do I think people haven't read (or already written about) the new bag that the house of whoever is releasing? They probably have. So in an attempt to rid myself of this writer's block and a bit of the negative vibes I'm putting out, I'm going to try and just write about whatever fancies me, so that maybe, I can get to something really, really good.

Heavy shit aside, on one of my more boring days yesterday, I went on an amazingly long walk and found myself searching for curtain fabric at the thrift store, which was a total failure (since when do thrift stores realize their gems and price it as such! wtf!). But I did manage to snag this adorable knitting magazine that had such a clean, pure style to it, I had to bring it home with me. I by no means knit at all (that's my sister), but with all that perfectly blown out hair, the sophisticated little grins that say, "oh, i wake up this way," and those plump fake eyelashes, I figured what the heck. I have a hard time finding good inspiration in magazines these days, perhaps I blame myself for overexposure, but these pictures inspire me. I may not always want to look so prim and proper, but these pictures make me want to stop with the T-shirts and plant some pearls on my neck. I suppose it's a nice breath of fresh air from all the editorials that always try to give off that "easy" air, that very throw-on-and-go type of grunge. I forgot for a second that everything wasn't all ripped and loose, and that there's still room for sophistication.

snow way

i had all sorts of plans set for today, errands and shopping and groceries, the works! but when i peeped my head out of bed and saw the snow piling up the side of my window, i decided to just clear the day. so after lurking over the balcony on a dog fight and people's feeble attempts to move their cars, i crept back into my cave and brought out my unseasonably bright kitchen aid. i whipped up some cookies to cure the cabin fever, but now my head is full of all sorts of kitchen aid possibilities. cakes, mashed potatoes, cakes! i have also come to the conclusion, that while there are hundreds of thousands of chocolate chip recipes that exist, some rustic and some fancy shmancy frou frou business, you just can't beat the recipe on the back of the nestle tollhouse bag. it's just so right.

of course i haven't cleaned up or done anything useful, but i did find out how to make corn nuts, watched half of cool hand luke, and played 3 small sessions of borderlands. my most productive snow day so far this year. i should be catching up on all this couture stuff, but if i see another re-post of pictures from style.com, i might have to ban myself from my google reader. in other news, the apartment below us is getting me high off of their weed smoking that is wafting through my floorboards.

pleasure to meet you

1. favorite photo:


2. favorite sweet: nutella covered everything ever

3. favorite song: sam cooke - cupid / wayne newton - danke schoen. i'm torn.

4. favorite bad movie: mamma mia. so, so good.

5. guilty pleasure song: since u been gone- kelly clarkson. though i don't feel that guilty about it.

6. favorite thing to buy: clothes! and tiny toys. preferably playmobil.


7. favorite book: villains by necessity by eve forward

8. favorite youtube video:



9. favorite website: http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/

10. favorite dirty word: boobies!

the quiet debut

1. favorite photo:

(via beautiful.tumblr.com)

2. favorite sweet: red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting

3. favorite song: "Motherless Bastard" by The Books

4. favorite bad movie: "The Warriors." It's also "my favorite badass movie."

5. guilty pleasure song: "Downtown Train" by Rod Stewart or Tom Waits

6. favorite thing to buy: Shoes. Especially if they're expensive, for some reason.

7. favorite book: Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

8. favorite youtube video:


9. favorite website: http://jwes.tumblr.com/ (Melancholia's tumblr)

10. favorite dirty word: Fucktard. Don't let that color your view of me; I'm told that I'm actually very sweet.