holymoly!

Nite Jewel is comin' to town!
I saw this today; pretty amazing, really.

gaga for you

This year I made Lady Gaga valentines. Who will be the lucky recipient of the valentine honoring this infamous Gaga look?

...speaking of Gaga, this is pretty cool.

found a job

I got a job! Finally. After nearly five months of half-assed searching, I have a job! This is kind of weird to write about, because my former employers know I have a blog. How they found out is a bit odd: I had to write an article about on-campus dining, so naturally I wrote about where I worked. It is a convenient restaurant and cheap*, so of course I would feature it in a project. I suppose I should let you know that the project was for a print journalism class and "producing" the article had a blog option so I just posted it here. Long post short, one of my managers told me he had read my blog. Which kinda freaked me out. I mean I didn't even tell them about the assignment and... I write about periods and shit. Really?

So anyway, I have a job, another restaurant gig-not what I had originally set out for but I am stoked nonetheless. I now work at Yesterdays, for all those soda city kids who read this blog (all four of you..). I start this weekend wowee zowee.

Another interesting thing that happened this week: apparently John Mayer has been rehearsing at the Carolina Colosseum for an upcoming tour, which is also where a few of my classes are. Today I got to hear him rehearse. I unknowingly attended a free John Mayer concert and since there was a ton of reverb and mumbling, it was almost awesome! I just pretended this was 2003-2004ish and enjoyed the set.

I do not really have an actual photo relating to anything in this post, so here's a cute shih tzu puppy!





siiiiiiiiike!

just dance

...the best Wii game ever! Seriously.

the hardest part about rollerblading..

Only four more days until everything in the world ever is due!
J.D. Salinger died yesterday.

oh hello

Marcie made this really cool ink drawing which she gave to me; after I begged for, like, five minutes. My favorite part is the medium, which is an old-timey library check-out card; and also that the date it was made had been stamped on it.

I just had this really strange dream-within-a-dream. So much happened and I am pretty sure I was only asleep for twenty minutes. Long story short: I met Michael Jordan. Sort of. He was playing for the Tarheels (ha ha) and made his signature dunk, like this one, but hurt himself pretty badly when he landed. This particular dream ended with someone saying "mhmmm....shouldn't be playing anymore, that Mike."

So weird-I cannot remember any instance lately where either Jordan or the Tarheels were involved in my life..

sad clothing, sad children

This blog post is going to be kind of weird.

Clothes: I have a love/hate relationship with clothes. In sum: I love clothes, have more than I should and half of my closet rarely sees daylight. If receipts did not expire within a month, I could return maybe a third of my wardrobe because I am s o s l o w a t w e a r i n g t h e t h i n g s I b u y. Most items eventually find their way on my body, exposed to the general public, but it can take time-years even. 2010: I will actually wear what I already own and purchase less. This somewhat daunting task will propose the perfect challenge for someone like myself. Still sans employment (cough cough..), I must refrain from lighting my cigars with Franklins and the careless spending on things which will only end up on a hanger for the next six months. Another challenge: remove the Singer sewing machine from its original packaging (some six years later..) and hem the twentysomething dresses just waitin' to be worn. The funny thing is some of my most favorite dresses ever are in the need-to-be-altered pile; I have never worn them. What is wrong with me!?

These have been ultimate goals of mine for sometime, but were quite intensified this week when my roommate moved out. She was all, "Oh hai, I am going to get an infection and not come back this semester,"* giving me an extra closet! It has only been a few days and already my Visa love children have spilled into the new found space, sort of clarifying what I need to wear/mend or give away. My friend Ivory has a free bin at her place so people can bring and take what they please. Sometimes I don't know my limit.. Once I refine my closets (this really should also include the one at my mom's), said bin will be overflowin'.

I periodically consider starting a personal style blog to showcase the zany things I wear on a day-to-day basis; maybe then my posts would be more regular and my direction more clear. Those thoughts dissipate just as fast as they come though, and I just fill my posts with silly hyperlinks instead. Also, I am kind of boring on a day-to-day basis and get a little intimidated by other style blogs. I admire those who put themselves together so well each day. Maybe one day, girlfacedana, maybe one day.

Oh sorry-I got sidetracked. Need Supply and Anthropologie are having sales! Where was I...

Adrian showed me this web comic; the cynicism really appeals to me. My favorite so far is Paul, a ghost who wears a sheet to emphasize that he has died. EXAMPLE! GO!




*My old roommate is from China. She is fine, her friend informed me it was just a matter of being unable to board a plane from contagions and already missing the first few weeks of class; thus, making returning for spring silly in the long run. No, it is not Avian Flu or SARS, please stop asking. I miss you, Mengran.