And It Continues

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Lounging/Going to a wedding. Morning Ruby/Night Ruby.

New York Collection Two

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I recently watched The Motorcycle Diaries, a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for years now. It was so inspiring and sad. Such a great film. I also loved the style of the film, the cinematography as well as the clothing…a definite recommendation.

New York Collection One

I think it’s been about 2 weeks since I got back from New York. Just enough time to settle down and get my photos developed and scanned. I mean’t to do a post before I left for NY about what I packed and whatnot but I ended up packing around 1 am…Anyway, Here are some photos from my trip!

More to be added soon!

Ghostwriter

Shazam, back again. Remember how I mentioned I was going to be going to NY soon? Well, I’ve been working my white little butt off at Forever 21 and Amoeba Records. Although I quit Forever because that place sucks and I now only work at Ameoba (It’s the best job ever). And so I leave to NY this coming Thursday! I’ve been so busy working that I don’t have as much time for internet play as I used to. But, I’m getting over that hump of working all the time and I’m getting used to it so my attention on my blog will come back again. (How often do I say that?) Anyway, a few pictures I took from my boyfriends Leica:

And a lovely Pendleton bag and vintage hat (gifts from Dandee):

And adieux lovely people! Hope summer has been great so far! Expect another post from me before N.Y.!

Delicioso

Tomorrow I have my online astronomy final and then I’ll be done with school for the summer. I’m so excited to just sit around and relax. I say that, but I actually just recently got a part time job at Forever 21 and I might be getting another part time job at Amoeba Records. I’ll be busy this summer working and making money to spend in New York and to save.

This is my Bill Murray painting that I made for Dandee. He and I are huge fans of Mr. Murray.

Dandee got himself these Pendleton shoes that I love. The Pendleton design is just so great. And remember how I posted earlier that I want a Fjallraven backpack? Well, Dandee got me one. I love it. I love it. I love it.

I went to a masquerade party at an art bar type of place in Downtown. I thought it was going to be a large party filled with people dancing and wearing masks but it ended up being around 30 people standing around watching/listening to awesome beach music. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun, but it was different from what I had expected it to be. Here’s the mask I wore, I rhine stoned it myself, one of the rhine stones fell out though.

Dandee and I went to go eat at Pho Cafe in Silverlake and it was so delicious. We’re going to try Viet Noodle Bar soon to compare it.

I was recently inspired  to try dark brown smoky eye make up. I can’t decide whether or not it’s too much for every day wear…It probably is.

You Ought To Be With Me

I felt like shit yesterday. I have days where I’m just completely sad. I guess it’s triggered by my own actions. What’s funny is that it’s not even a period/cramp thing where my hormones rage and in turn, I rage. I’m pretty calm during my lady times. But there is one day out of the month where I put myself into perspective and judge the hell out of myself. I guess I’ve been more critical lately because I’ve been confused about my future. Oh well. Anyway, yesterday, to not think (I posted this on twitter) I made a few collages from FUDGE magazine. Just of styles I liked, items and whatnot.

After that, at 3 am I made a video. There was an idea to it. I think I may be the only one to understand it however. Which is fine. I made it for myself, but I enjoy sharing it:

I’m sorry I’ve been so whiny lately. I’m still trying to figure out how to cope during those moments. This might be odd, but listening to Al Green helped the most. Which is surprising, at least for me.

Al Green – How Can You Mend A Broken Heart?

(Click the link to listen or save it to have on your itunes)

Cherry Peel

I recently went to Olvera St. in Downtown LA. It was the day before Easter and they were blessing animals. My aunt of course wanted to go and get Manchas, her dalmatian blessed. (Manchas means ‘stains’ in Spanish). I wasn’t very excited about going but I actually had a lot of fun. There were animals everywhere. I was in Heaven. There were also a lot of Mexican stalls everywhere selling fun little items. A few pictures from that day:

I have more pictures from that day. I’ll be posting others on Flickr, so if you’re interested check it out. Or if you have one feel free to add me.

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A picture of Pluto, Dandee’s dog. I love this dog so much. He’s so silly.

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I just woke up 30 minutes ago. Waking up late is second nature to me. I make little outlines of what I’ll be posting on my blog, keeps me from forgetting what I wanted to say and whatnot. I watched Everything is Illuminated last night. I loved it so much. I really want to read the book now. Has anyone read it?

It Takes A Muscle

I’ve loved backpacks for a while now, I’m pretty sure my attraction towards backpacks first began when I started reading Japanese fashion magazine scans. I know a majority of my readers are like me and love those Japanese mags and have seen all the various types of backpacks they have in those magazines. Luckily, backpacks have really grown in popularity in the U.S. recently and I’ve seen more and more backpacks that I really want. Number one being the Fjallraven Kanken. Now this is actually a Scandinavian backpack but they ship to the U.S.

Number two that I saw recently at Urban Outfitters was the Herschel Settlement backpack.

Two other items I’ve been eying are two pairs of shoes from Madewell.

The first pair are these heels. I really love these. I’ve been wanting a simple pair of heels that aren’t too high so they give a more relaxed feeling.

The other pair are these dustbowl boots. It’s kind of funny, I’ve really been wanting a blue shoe, and a nice shade of blue like this popped at me.

I won’t be purchasing any of these items for a while though. Besides not having a job, I’m saving the money I currently have for my trip to N.Y.C. (If it happens). Tickets have been around $600 lately and I just can’t afford to cough that cash up considering I also need my spending money for New York…but we’ll see. On the lookout for a cheaper ticket.

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I’ve been a bit stressed lately thinking about school. My major is Graphic Design and a minor in/ or double major possibly in Japanese. Don’t get me wrong, I really like graphic design and I love Japanese. The reason I won’t just major in Japanese is because a majority of the jobs related to speaking Japanese have to do with business. And I just won’t make myself suffer through that world, I know I would make quite a bit of money if I take that route but that’s not my direction in life. I’m awesome at being cheap and I’m fine the way I am, I don’t need the extreme luxuries of life.

Some other career choices I’ve thought about are finding a place in the film world. But that is the most risky of my passions. I think film will forever be something I enjoy doing on the side. But I’m still not sure if I’ll leave it on the side. It’s weird, sometimes I’ll look at a situation and think to myself, “this could translate well into a film clip.” I think I’m too scared to take that big of a risk…

Another choice I’ve mulled over longer than the rest is writing. This decision budded from the  age of 12, the age I first picked up a book for myself and began reading. Ever since then I’ve remained consistent in reading. A passion for writing grew when I began reading. I’ve actually have had two things published. One was a poem I wrote in middle school and submitted to a young writers book. The second was a short story I wrote during high school while I was in a UCLA summer writers program, the teacher of my class told me she submitted my story to be published in the UCLA writers journal. The biggest reason I decided to not pursue a career in writing has to do with what my high school counselor said to me. “You’ll most likely be unemployed for a majority of your life.”  Oh. What she said honestly scared me, and I let that fear of being a deadbeat my entire life push the thought of becoming a writer to the back of my mind. She said that to me during my Junior year. Before that, I had been dreaming of attending Eugene Lang college in N.Y.C. for creative writing. I imagined that I would meet people in publishing because I would be at the center of publishing, New York. Fantasies fade and reality sets in.

This is why I’m going to do graphic design. So I can get a job in a field I enjoy while I write a book on the side or film on the side. It’s my back up plan to at least ensure a comfortable life.

This is a rant. I’ve been scared. But I’ll figure it out. I don’t know. Sorry that this was so long, I just needed to get it off my chest. These decisions suck.

Cookie and Cheerio

This past Saturday Dandee and I went to USC for some free shows. We got to see Steel Train, Augustana, Kid Sister, Murs, and Mos Def. It was actually a lot of fun. I love Kid Sister and damn was she ghetto. She was gettin’ low and booty shaking like no other. I mean, just check out those nails. DAMN. Haha. And Murs and Mos Def were so good! This was actually my second time seeing them because I saw them recently at Paid Dues, a rap music festival type thing. My pictures aren’t that great but here are some photos:

I love Mos Def. I think he’s so hot. Haha. Unfortunately my back and left foot (oddly enough my right foot was fine) started majorly hurting by the end of the show so I was pouty about that.

–Now for some Japanese, sorry, I didn’t feel like writing the katakana for Kid Sister and whatnot/Correct if you speak Japanese by the way!–

そして、土曜日においしい魚タコスが食べた。安いタコスを食べが好き~
Also had some delicious fish tacos on Saturday. I love eating cheap tacos.

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フアショーン:
Fashion：

そのベルトのスタイルがだい好き！やってみたい〜
I love the style of this belt! I want to try and do this.

皆、好き？いつもこのスタイルに着たい〜
Do you guys like it? I always want to the wear this type of style.

次のポスト服のスナープがある。約束！
My next post will have outfit snaps. Promise!

Quiet Dog Bite Hard

I’m baaaaack. Tee hee. Haha. For some reason, as soon as I started typing I started feeling really happy. I’m so glad that I’m gonna get back into this. So, I’m currently on Spring vacation and it’s been so nice relaxing. I’ve really needed it. So first thing first, I wanna show you guys a picture of my boyfriend and I. His name is Dandee. This is him putting a jacket on me from him and his friends clothing line Tears of Beaumont. (The clothing has yet to be released) The picture is from Felisha’s blog. I know, not a good picture of the two of us, but hey, that’s him. Haha.

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School has been such a stressful thing lately. Killin’ me. Anyway, what I’m currently-reading-time! I am reading a novel titled “The Boy Detective Fails” and it’s by Joe Meno, his more known work is “Hairstyles of the Damned” which was a pretty good teenage novel. This novel has been really interesting, the characters are very dynamic and I recommend reading it. It’s not written like a typical novel is and that’s part of the appeal of it, I find.

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My mom frosting a cake. This cake has made me gain so much weight. -_- I want it out of my house. So I know it’s a weak first post but I’m just getting started ya’ll. Haha, I’ll pick it up, promise. I still want to do a post in Japanese and then translate it, obviously inspired by Leanne. I’ll do that next actually, promise!