"mother I lost it all on the fear of the lord I was given"

I really aught to stop doing this in direct sunlight so I'm not forced to wear shades in every post and then maybe I'll look like a person and not a terminator.

How do you like the processing here? Each is a little different, but all essentially upping the "shadow" "contrast" and "fade color" settings on iPhoto, just varying degrees.

Also got a black pair of these pants, which came with these tears, though I've since torn both pairs a bit more to emulate the Topshop versions and am thinking of going back for a second set to do this to. freaking only way I'm even going to come close to wearing pants this summer.

"why don't you all fade away don't try and dig what we all say"

This is from the street artist QuestionMarc and I fucking love it. Even though I do Twitter (Tweet? Or is Twitter a verb? I just don't know). Ironic street art just is what makes my heart beat, I swear. I saw a Banksy on Google first when I was like thirteen and it's been my only real rebellious side ever since. Well, that and being a liberal.

I know that this blog has been a little far off from fashion lately, but don't worry I haven't given up on the fashion world, I'm just absolutely bored with what I can wear. Everything that I like looks like hell on me. I don't think I'm fat and I'm not saying anything of the sort, but the styles I like only look right on twigs gawddamnit. Not really sure what to do about that since I can't really forcibly change my tastes in clothes. I could always invest in more shoes.

That's actually not a half-bad idea come to think of it.

Also, blogger and picassa have declared war on me. Have been forced to revert to manual html, luckily I did Livejournal in Jr. Highschool so I'm well prepared.

Source : Style.com

So photobucket still hates me as you can see, the new cycle starts on the 27th so the pics will come back then, but in the mean time they wont let me do the trial pay thing that everyone suggested, so oh well. I've put all the outfit posts on different acounts so that'll probably help a bit.

Speaking of which, I'm sorry about the heinous lack of outfit posts, my photographer and I both have been sick, but I'm taking a trip down to my native Newport Beach and I'm sure the sea air and sun will help out.

In the mean time, I've got two essays to write and a test to study for so I'll just leave you with some favorites of Haider Ackermann who I didn't know existed until my friend Hilde at Denoto posted about him. He might be my new favorite, epicness contained, am I right? I love teh blogosphere, Tchao.

"but you and I we've been through that and this is not our fate"

Source: StyleSightings

This is so what I'm spending tomorrow doing. Who's with me?

 

I've been freaking living in these wedges, even after a particularly brutal leg work out that had me hobbling around hours after, which of course gave my friends reason to point out yet again how silly and unreasonable I was for buying these and that they couldn't possibly be comfortable, even thoughtheyfreakingaresodealwithitpeople.

:P

And freaking yay? for the unseasonably warm weather, so insanely confusing, I keep thinking I can tan or  start bikini shopping. Anyone else having trouble with this?

Snowed like a mother today, and I, oddly, am not wearing a coat in these photos. Silly me.

Truth is, I looked insanely huge in my blazer and coat so I did it without. Thinking about it now, I'm a twat. My coat is gorgeous. What is the point of having a blog if I can't get past looking twenty pounds heavier than I am and wear my fucking fantastic coat inthegawdamnPHOTO?!?

Grrrrrr.

To resolve my issues with the coat and myself, I'm now going to take it out on my treadmill. With loud music. Loud, angry, retaining-water music. Whatever that is.

I know I don't make any sense. Just wait until I start posting in French as well. Ma grammaire est merde. Muahaha.

Good god, am I ever going to get to that era of blogging where I'm not apologizing for the lack of posts every post?

Wouldn't that be nice.

The mess of photos is kinda the fault of my being on vacation (!) for the past two weeks which complicated things a bit. Pesky Vacation.

The hat in the pics is something I just tried on in a shop, but didn't end up buying. I figured Lulu might get mad if I stole her hat thunder :P But really, just a touch too much money and I've got this rule if I really love something that's too pricey; it's Meant To Be if I've come back later and its still there and I have the funds. Yeah, that hasn't really worked out too well. Especially because I've always capitalized Meant To Be.

Unnecessary capitalization is so the new quotation marks.

More to the point, I was tagged by the lovely chicka behind Le Smoking and Le Fashion ages ago and I've finally had the wherewithal/technology/consciousness to post them, yay!

So here are a few non-important things/habits/quirks about myself

• I hate nail files
• I didn’t learn how to spell my middle name until I was 13
• I hate being cold, but love cold weather and the clothing that follows
• I am the world's biggest beauty nerd. For God's sake, I've had a subscription to Allure since I was twelve. Case in point, see above picture of me with my first can of Elnett.
• My floor is cement, no carpet or wood flooring, and I love it. No. Really. I'm actually serious. There's paint splatter everywhere and it's so completely bitchin I can't even tell you.
• I don’t actually have a closet, but instead I have an mobile clothes rack so my clothes are kind of my decor
• It took me years to convince people that I wasn’t a vegetarian or from Europe.

And here are a few things that make me happy.

• My Golden Retriever, Sam. (awwwwww, I know. I'm a sap)
• Mandarin Oranges
• Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes
• Dramedies
• Truman Capote
• Arizona Green Tea
• House

Randomly Tagging:

- Fashion Pariah
- Zanita
- What Is Reality Anyway?
- Oui, Je Suis!
- Stompface
- Ed Westwick

okay, I kid, I kid. Can you tell I did this while catching up on GG?

But Ed, if you read my blog and want to do this tag you are perfectly welcome to it... in or out of character :P

PS how do you like the makeover? took me long enough right?

The Inagural Post

Ta-da! I finally have my own blog. Honestly, I don't know what took me so long, it's not like I actually had to do anything. Anyway, here begins the beastly ramblings of a California girl who is obsessed with fashion and who, with any luck, fashion might soon be obsessed with :P

Please excuse my puffiness, I'm usually a bit more angular, but I just had some dental work done and I always come out of it just swollen enough to make me look like I'm twelve again.