B.A.

lately I have been a little bored and uninspired (I have barely written/drawn in my moleskines) so I felt like posting some of my favourite role models -- style, attitude, whatever. They are so awesome in every way, and they honestly are the most bad-ass babes around.

DEBBIE HARRY: lead singer of Blondie, another one of my favorite bands. The original badass babe, looks good in smeary red lipstick, messy hair, and crazy wet'n'wild eyeliner. Also wrote "heart of glass", which is a really really good driving-around type of song.



COURTNEY LOVE: self-explanatory, almost. Basically perfected the entire I-don't-give-a-shit attitude and style. Widow of kurt cobain, one of my teenage crushes. Shows she has excellent taste in men. Also coined the term KINDERWHORE, and generated a bunch of ripped-tulle wearing teens. Did I mention she's the lead singer of Hole? Yeah.



NANCY SPUNGEN: girlfriend of sid vicious! Colour me jealous. Also she was pretty crazy on her own. If you are badass enough for sid, then you are badass enough for me.



ANN + NANCY WILSON: the sister duo who made up Heart. Really good, and super talented, juss sayin'.



JOAN JETT: craaazy. very cool. Except that Kirsten Stewart is playing her in the biopic. FUCK THAT.



GRACE SLICK: MY ULTIMATE BAD-ASS. She isn't really a bad-ass, but come onnn she was the lead singer for JEFFERSON AIRPLANE? Like, really, she is fantastic and has the best voice I have heard in a long time. 60s babe, and you know it.

Perfect.

So lately I have been thinking about peoples quirks and have been trying to unleash the romantic inside me. So here for you is my perfect date:

One thing that I loved to do when I was younger was make forts. So I'm pretty sure the perfect date would revolve around an epic fort! This fort will consist of many blankets and squishy pillows for maximum comfort (and cuddle time) as well as candles! Inside we would have possibly a television so we could watch old movies and sketch books to doodle and play games.

Another possibility is a stereo to listen to some mellow music. It would be a perfect day of getting to know somebody.

P.S here is the perfect playlist for this date.

1. Quelqu'un m'a dit - Carla Bruni

2. L'Amour - Carla Bruni

3. You Make My Dreams Come True - Hall and Oats

4. Here Comes Your Man - Pixies

5. Us - Regina Spektor

6. You Are The Light ( By Which I Travel Into This And That) - Jens Lekman

7. Your Arms Around Me - Jens Lekman

8. Unattainable - Little Joy

9. Our Anniversary - Smog

10. The Start Of Something - Voxtrot

11. Love Song For Buddy - Headlights

Missing In Action

M.I.A is wayyyy too badass. Holy

I FEEL OLD. AND I AM ONLY/ALREADY 18. MY LIFE IS ALMOST OVER?

Kyle Scully

'tis the season

Sorry for the lack of posts lately! I'm sure we've all been off doing christmas-esque things and speaking of christmas!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

I hope everyone gets exactly what they wanted! I sure did!

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: DAY THREE

exams are done! Sorry for missing one day of our countdown... and also excuse my insane 5:00 AM rant from earlier.. I was literally and absolutely insane and crazy. I stayed at my school for 28 hours (really) to study for my statistics final this morning. So now it's time for some chillaaaaxin' and relaaaxin' so um today I wanna talk about the good stuff that happened like me finally buying some moleskine notebooks (4 -- count 'em) and then some walking downtown around 17th avenue, which I haven't been to in a loooong time.

I'm really feeling like getting a christmas tree.

festive shit.. um I think we all need to have some christmas lights around the house, especially in my neighbourhood. Also I ran into kara and drew -- both of whom I haven't seen in a looong time. So another festive thing is friends and family. Don't take it for granted

FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS FUCK EXAMS

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: DAY TWO

I feel hungry today so today's theme is christmas food. I was googling for some tasty christmas desserts (because that's really the only thing to eat during the holidays) and I found the food network's 12 days of cookies! It kind of fits this theme I suppoose. Anyways, not related to the 12 days of cookies, but I found some sweet recipes for CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE CANDY CANE BARS and some BOOZE BALLS for you 18+ kids. And since I already have some tasty home-made gingersnaps, I'll share these with you. Checcck it:

eat eat eat

drink drink drink

and ummm here is a little more chocolate (excuse my political incorrectness):

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: DAY ONE PART TWO!

Well here it is! part two of our christmas countdown! My post is all about my favorite part of christmas which is: CHRISTMAS MUSIC! Yesterday while reading Fecal Face I stumbled upon their Christmas Playlist for '09. So here it is! Enjoy!

XMAS MIX '09:

All I Want For Christmas - Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight) - Asobi Seksu
Winter Wonderland - Cap'n Jazz
Oh Joseph - Burning Hank
Come On Santa - The Raveonettes
O Holy Night - Benji Cossa
Santa Clause - The Sonics
Christmas In Prison - Emmy The Great & Lightspeed Champion
I Wish It Was Christmas Today - Julian Casablancas
Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis - Neko Case
It's Christmas But Not For You - TIAC
Christmas Eve, Driving Home - Frontier Ruckus
Run Away With Me - Jens Lekman
Christmas Is For Losers - Mike Nicolai
Ain't No Chimneys - Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings
Oh Hanukah, Oh Hanukah - Sinai Mountain Boys
Last Christmas - Swearing at Motorists
Crazy Cool Christmas - Kermit Ruffins
Hanukkah - The Mountain Goats
X-Mas Eve (She Got up and Left Me) - Rancid
Xmas Eve - The Damnwells

p.s my favorite so far is Run Away With Me by the great Jens Lekman!

p.p.s you can download this years mix and the past 5 years mixes here!

CHRISTMAS COUNTDOWN: DAY ONE

toooday shelby + I have decided to do a little christmas countdown! A little christmassy treat for everyone, one or two a day (depending if both of us post or not).. christmas songs, and whatever else we need to give you so you can have an awesome christmas! Today, I give you the gift of music, a song that is super super fitting and all that stuff: ELTON JOHN - STEP INTO CHRISTMAS and WHAM! - LAST CHRISTMAS



enjoy!

AN X-MAS TO-DO LIST

Now that I'm a student, there is now a lot of free time for me -- BOOYA. But besides working and partying, there's also a lot of things I need to do! So, this list is crafted by the little brains of my dear Emma, Shelby + me. I suggest you people do some of these things too:

WINTER:
- go skating
- go eat tubby dog (hopefully they have an x-mas dog)
- have a day of coffee/tea and talking
- bake some festive cookies
- go to zoolights
- get high
- so sledding
- have a snowball fight
- make some legit hot chocolate
- make chocolate rum balls
- mall photos with Santa Claus
- get cuddly with someone
- have a christmas movie/wintery movie marathon (miracle on 34th street, elf, rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, island of misfit toys, etc.)
- snow driving in calgary
- NEW YEAR'S EVE (and all that come with it)

SUMMER:
- road trippin' with the buds, talking + crying + having heart-to-hearts on the way
- music festivalin' (aka. sled island, folk fest, coachella, lollapalooza, sirens, glastonbury, etc.)
- have some more tubby dog
- make some delicious summer alcoholic drinks for us 18+ kids
- water fights (water guns, water balloons, hoses)
- go swimming
- loungin' in mexico
- move OUT
- paint a little
- take some fantastic photos
- tree-climbing
- river-rafting

SEXY SWEDES

Shelby has inspired me to create this little post about my favourite swedes, almost all of which are musicians. Like who? Jens Lekman, ABBA, Lykke Li, The Hives, Europe, aaaand my favourite of all, The Knife. And also, the man to create the best place to get furniture ev-er originated from sweden, Ingvar Kamprad! now, pictures + video:


and last, but never least...

MERRY CHRISTMAS. LOVE, ABBA

I'm in lust with you.

Juampi Bonino

Bigger, Brighter, Bolder

Bigger, Brighter, Bolder is the name of contemporary artist Kelsey Brooke's new show.

I am completely obsessed with his enamel and acrylic works. I especially love the color palette he uses! They would look amazing in my room, sadly I am much too poor to afford them.

His work is SO inspiring and I definitely would like to incorporate something Kelsey-esque into one of my next pieces!

REED AND RADER

from here

Just plain BADASS

Natalie Portman featured in this months V magazine, might just be the most

BADASS chick ever..

P.S This post is dedicated to Drew, who also shares a love for Natalie

TODAY, IS KARA'S 18TH BIRTHDAY.

TODAY, IS SHELBY'S 18TH BIRTHDAY.

Lua

(Via how my heart behaves)

Voxtrot

Come by and see me, I'm a love letter away

SHELBY DAY.

more songs for shelby's big 1-8. 90s and 80s and 70s anthems as well as my best songs. FOR YOU SHELBY:

"voulez-vous" - ABBA
"pump your brakes" - amazing baby
"chores" - animal collective
"boom boom boom boom" - aqua
"fluorescent adolescent" - arctic monkeys
"saturday night" - bay city rollers
"heart throb" - be your own pet
"fight for your right" - beastie boys
"twist and shout" - the beatles
"staying alive" - the beegees
"we didn't start the fire" - billy joel
"it feels alright" - black lips
"can't dance" - black lips
"all the small things" - blink 182
"heart of glass" - blondie
"call me" - blondie
"anthems for a seventeen year-old girl" - broken social scene
"I want you to want me" - cheap trick
"dance" - chester french
"little girl (MSTRKRFT remix)" - death from above 1979
"independent woman" - destiny's child
"my bad reputation" - the donnas
"the way you do the things you do" - the four tops
"crazy on you" - heart
"Lil Kim (feat. Missy Elliot) vs. MGMT: Can You Hear My Kids Now" - the hood internet
"are you gonna be my girl?" - jet
"don't stop believin'" - journey
"heartbeats" - the knife
"I'm so excited - le tigre
"the youth" - MGMT
"kids" - MGMT
"corona and lime" - shwayze
"wannabe" - spice girls
"low life" - steve aoki
"build be up buttercup" - the temptations
"sugar pie honey bunch" - the temptations
"she blinded me with science" thomas dolby
"girls" - walter meego
"freedom" - wham!
"dragon queen" - yeah yeah yeahs
"heads will roll" - yeah yeah yeahs
"that thing you do!" - the wonders

I love you shelby

It's My Party

It's getting close! Only 4 days until my 18th birthday and I am very very excited. So I have decided to make my ultimate birthday playlist and share it with you!

- Ghosts'n'stuff - Deadmau5 ft. Rob Swine

- Hand Clap - Girl Talk

- Warm it Up - Girl Talk

- Ricky Bobby Boots - The Hood Internet

- Buddy Holly's Imagination - The Hood Internet

- Good Ol' Fashioned Rump Shaker - The Hood Internet

- Get Like Pterodactyls - The Hood Internet

- I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked - Ida Maria

- Meddle - Little Boots

- Easy Love - MSTRKRFT

- Tokyo Smash - Rexzilla

- This is Definitely Not the 405 - SuperMash Bros

- We Are All Prostitues (Crookers rmx) - Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart

- Around the Bend - The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

- Warp 1.9 - The Bloody Beetroots

- Acceptable in the 80's - Calvin Harris

- Bonafied Lovin' - Chromeo

- Satan Said Dance - Clap Your Hands Say Yeah

- Move - CSS

- What's the Attitude (feat. Hymnal) - Cut Chemist

- Rebel Rebel - David Bowie

- Fixin' to Thrill - Dragonette

- No Your Girls - Franz Ferdinand

- D.A.N.C.E - Justice

- My Sharona - The Knack

- Deceptacon - Le Tigre

- God Killed the Queen - Louis XIV

- Kids (Soulwax remix) - MGMT

- Bounce (feat. Nore and Isis) - MSTRKRFT

- Thrasher - N*E*R*D

- Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing In the Line for the Bathroom) - N*E*R*D

- Boys Wanna Be Her - Peaches

- Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

- Rock'n'Roll Queen - The Subways

- I'm an Adler Girl - SuperMash Bros

- Broseidon Lord of the Brocean - SuperMash Bros

- Wild Thing - The Troggs

- Heads Will Roll - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

- Paper Planes - M.I.A

- L.E.S Artistes - Santigold

- D.A.N.C.E - (MSTRKRFT remix) - Justice

- Lick Work it Out [Herve Goes Low remix] w. Santigold's guest drop - Larry Tee & Princess Superstar

filmes

Today, I watched a really awful movie about pirates. It was bad. So bad that it inspired meet to talk about my favourite movies and more importantly, my favourite director of all time: WES ANDERSON. You know, the guy who directed all those super artsy movies, like The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Darjeeling Limited, The Royal Tenenbaums, and Rushmore. I guess since I'm such an indie asshole, I love these movies. But O.K. Let's talk about Wes Anderson! He started off real small and his first movie, Bottle Rocket, not only boosted his career but the careers of a certain brotherly duo: Luke and Owen Wilson. And then Wes got into those really crazy, really awesome movies, mostly with Bill Murray cameos and Seu Jorge in the soundtrack. Then I got to creeping the interweb about him and found this really fantastic site! THE RUSHMORE ACADEMY, christened after his movie Rushmore, is all things Anderson and Anderson-related. There's a lot of fun stuff, especially about his new movie, Fantastic Mr. Fox.

genius
I also found this quiz on their site, which I hope you like -- and which I definitely don't take credit for:

HOW TO TELL IF YOUR LIFE IS A WES ANDERSON FILM
Here’s five ways to tell if you’re in a Wes Anderson film.

#1 You are or you see a lot of Bill Murray.
He’s been in all of Anderson’s movies except one … where presumably James Caan took his place. So, Bill Murray is a good indicator your life is in the middle of a Wes Anderson plot. (Note: This also holds true if you are or you see a lot of Kumar Pallana.)

#2 Your soundtrack has 70s rock-n-Roll or other obscure music.
Soundtracks are the thumbprint of movies, and Anderson’s print is distinctive, colorful, out-of-the-ordinary, and a little pretentious … which pretty much reflects his movies. So, if you own Seu Jorge …

#3 Your surroundings are bathed in bright, distinctive colors
(unless you’re going to make a suicide attempt … then it’s cool colors). If soundtracks are one thumbprint, this is the other. Especially if you wear greens and yellows or a range of reds and oranges.

#4 At the end of the day, things go in slow motion.
This holds true unless you’re running after a train; then it’s slow motion, followed by regular motion. So, #4 should read “At the end of the day, or in the next-to-last part of the end of the day …”

#5 You have a strange relationship with a parent or parental figure.
Especially if the strange relationship involves #1.

If more than 3 1/2 of these things describe you, smile, crank up your music, and slow down … your life, though crazy, is pretty good fodder for the rest of us.

from THE RUSHMORE ACADEMY

R.I.P.

I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but today it was announced that ARTLIFE gallery will be closing its doors in january. WHY? Probably because of this godforsaken recession. I think we should all be sad for a while, because ARTLIFE fostered many artists and helped out the urban scene like maddd. And let's not forget their insane parties. To celebrate the end of a short-lived era, they're throwing a crazy bash: ART-BROKEN on DECEMBER 12 along with fantastic-photographer Randy Gibson. Details TBA. So, no tears.

miss youuu.

on a lighter note, part one of MARKET COLLECTIVE is happening next weekend at the old ant hill in kensington. Just in time for shelby's birthday too! I highly recommend it, it's a crazy fun time and you get a lot of bang for a little buck. Artists, clothing, jewelry, and music galore. Have fun next weekend. Part two will happen the weekend after that, the 12th and 13th.

CALGARY KIDS, GET ON THAT SHIT!

in the mood

oh baby.

CHRISTMAS IS COMING, IN CASE YOU DIDN'T KNOW. I'm pretty excited, and my family kind-of-but-not-really celebrates christmas. Which is why I'll be moving out and making my own merriment with my housemates very soon. Prepare for a billion chocolate rum-balls and peppermint hot chocolate, christmas lights abound, the smell of baking cookies, and a pathetic plastic tree. And I need music to be able to get this stuff done.

AND ME AND SHELBY NEED UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATERS. Guess what? I found some sites dedicated to providing all people with an ugly christmas sweater for the holidays. Check out Ugly Christmas Sweater Party and Buy Ugly Sweaters.

And lastly, to get you in the mood, here is a list of amazing christmas songs both new and old:

"last christmas" - Wham!
"winter wonderland" - Tony Beckett
"all that I want" - The Weepies
"have yourself a merry little christmas" - Luther Vandross
"little saint nick" - The Beach Boys
"a great big sled" - The Killers
"don't shoot me santa" - The Killers
"white christmas" - Bing Crosby
"jingle bell rock" - Bobby Helms
"merry christmas baby" - Elvis Presley
"it's beginning to look a lot like christmas" - Johnny Mathis
"where are you christmas?" - Faith Hill
"rudolph the red-nosed reindeer" - Gene Autry
"christmas (baby please come home)" - U2
"merry christmas darling" - The Carpenters
"silent night" - Boyz II Men
"run rudolph run" - Chuck Berry
"feliz navidad" - Jose Feliciano
"baby, it's cold outside" - Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
"blue christmas" - Elvis

Fecal Face!

Photo of the Day : Tinker Street Photo Collective

Fecal Face

Fecal Face dot com. is one of my favorite art websites on the net. It is founded by John Trippe and features many bloggers one of which is amazing artist Jeff Soto. They have an amazing drawing contest every week called "Free Fridayz" and it features some amazing work. Fecal Face always have great interviews for example, Matt Furie, Mike Shine, Shepard Fairy and many more! Its always an inspiring website for me and really makes it easy to access the contemporary art world and someday I would like to be featured on the website. The website also features videos, and their photo of the day. Not only is Fecal Face an amazing website it's also a gallery in San Francisco. It makes me want to visit San Francisco and check the artwork and gallery out in real life.

GO CHECK IT OUT!

OMGX2

Well... To continue Laura's wonderful post of the wonderful Matthew Gray Gubler (who is the sole reason why I watch Criminal Minds). I thought I might add that he was in my dream last night! :-0!!! My mom and I were wandering around and we ran into Matthew! However, I did not acknowledge him as Matthew and called him Dr. Reid instead! I remember him saying sorry, my name is not Reid its actually Matthew. I however refused to call him Matthew and instead kept saying "oh my gosh its Reid mom its Reid!" (In a terrible fan girl voice).

While I can think of many other ways I would've liked this dream to turn out, I guess this will have to do!

O, M.G.G.

sex machine

a happier tidbit for today. Lately I've been obsessing and stalking his website, and if you've seen this sexy man of a boy, you would know why. Have you seen CRIMINAL MINDS? Have you ever been stumped by the good looks and unending knowledge of Dr. Spencer Reid, aka. sexiest boy alive? I was. So I googled him, found out his name was Matthew Gray Gubler, and that he's a model, artist, actor, director, musician, etc. and I also found out he has a website! So of course I stalked it and checked out every detail. His art is actually amazing -- like the stuff you'd find in Roald Dahl's books. Really out-there and wild. There's also a poem by edgar allan poe that he recorded (with his voice -- yum). Then I decided to keep being a stalker and I found a fancy fan site for him, called The Gube.

Matthew Gray Gubler is my sexy man of the year(s). He is totally tubular. and sexy. and talented.

Copycat

Well seeing as how Laura posted her list of things she wants to do before she's 19 I thought i'd post what I want to do while being 18 as well! Since I will be 18 in less than 2 weeks!

• stay up all night partying, then watch the sunset
• Have a crazy drunken dance party
• go into a love shop
• go see an 18+ show
• road trip to coachella
• celebrate New Years in an epic way that only 18 year olds can
• dress to impress
• where heels more often
• get a license
• establish self as an artist

week-end

another fantastic weekend. Reading FML, MLIA, going out at night, watching movies aka. where the wild things are. To some it's uneventful, but to me I found it very interesting. But -- it made me feel so old. And I'm only 18, and I have about 10 months to do all my 18 year-old things. So, since I am a giant fan of making lists, I made a list for myself in lieu of others' turning 19 soon.

- have a sleepover
- drink until I puke
- spend the night in a random person's home
- take a road trip
- do more art
- go camping / river rafting
- have a really deep conversation with anyone
- learn to snowboard again
- decide what to do with my life
- start a diary / journal
- learn to drive
- get a license
- get a car
- have a tea party
- oh-so much more
- go for fondue
- read an amazing book
- move out

Don't Shoot Me Santa

Even though its only November 16th

I cant wait for Christmas

and there is no better way to celebrate than with my favorite christmas song!

Team Lestat vs. Team Edward

Before Edward Cullen came along

Lestat from Anne Rice's wonderful vampire chronicles

was the ultimate hunky vampire, wait..

he still is!

ready, able

WATCH ON ACID.

grizzly bear's new video for "ready, able" is amazing! I'm tripped out, honestly. But, everything they've done has been so amazingly trippy, so what else is new. I've always loved grizzly bear and I really wanted to check them out over at sled island in '07, but I didnnn't... why? because I was too young for it. Now that I'm 18, I want to take in everything. But that also means I have to learn to be my own person, which, in case you haven't read the previous posts, I'm not ready for. I feel like I can't grow up yet even though I want to so badly. Just like when I was 8, wanting to be a grownup. Baby steps. I hate being a baby. Speaking of babies, here is amazing baby's video for "pump your brakes".

What is Art?

As my 1st semester of post-secondary education is coming to an end, I find myself freaking out a bit. I also find myself asking important questions. Why do I want to pursue art? What does the art world do for me? And most importantly what is Art?

I'm constantly torn between design and fine art. Do I major in illustration where I can doodle characters for stories? Or should I transfer these doodles onto large scale canvas with dripping paint and become a fine artist, who may not make as much money but will be more content with my life?

I was always told that it doesn't matter how much money you make as long as you do what you love. But with a degree in fine art do I really want to end up working at starbucks?

Art to me is everything, or at least I want it to be my everything. I want it to be my spouse. I want to have a passionate love hate relationship with it. I want to eat sleep and breathe it.

I want to be surrounded by the culture and beauty of it.

With the last few weeks of my 1st semester coming to an end I think i've made my decision.

reading week II

this week, sunday to today, was by far the most eye-opening week I've ever had. I've had about five really amazingly deep conversations with five different people and honestly I've never said so much about what I think about my future and what I want to do, my maturity, my stresses, and my expectations. If you've never had a heart-to-heart talk with anyone, I seriously, honestly, suggest that you do it. I feel good. I've never felt so honest, and I feel like drawing, which I haven't done since the last year of high school.

today, I lied to my mom actually. I said I was going to study, but I went on a lunch date and stroll with my friend natasha, a wee budding artist that I am honestly so proud of. and I know she'll be amazing no matter what she does. We originally planned on sushi, but we ended up having some Tubby Dog; not a bad choice at all. The A-Bomb (cheese, mayo, chips, bacon, mustard, ketchup -- basically a heart-stopper)? A-mazing -- but huge! I haven't had a hot dog in years, and I swear I'll only eat them at Tubby's. so now I've introduced natasha to Calgary's little gem on 17th avenue. and while we had our little stroll along 17th avenue, shopping for christmas gifts (natasha), piercings (natasha + me), and gawking at every store that caught our eye, we talked. About a lot of stuff: art, our futures, boys, etc. I liked it. a lot. And I learned. a lot. About myself, and about natasha.

SHERM'S ULTIMATE GRIPPER. UH-HUH.

reading week

FROM HERE.

my to-do list for the week, probably won't happen, but it's worth dreaming of:

- find some more gems from Co-op's free book shelf
- study sometimes
- party
- work sometimes
- purchase film for my camera
- take pictures with said camera
- buy skates
- go skating
- make some steeped tea instead of buying it from tim horton's
- look for apartments for rent (for future reference)
- make a budget
- go running
- knit a pair of mittens
- read a good book
- start a fire in bowness
- paint the rock

I LIVE BY DEAD POETS

We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life.
But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman,

O me! O life! ... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?

Answer. That you are here - that life exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse.
What will your verse be?

- from Dead Poets Society

I watched this movie in grade 11, in english class, and it stuck with me ever since. Actually, I'd always heard of it when I was younger but apparently it was too racy for a kid like me. AS IF.

go watch it, and be inspired to be inspiring

O CAPTAIN MY FUCKING CAPTAIN.

uh-oh, KAREN O

finished midterms. Surviving midterms is a different story... because I definitely am failing statistics, doing average in computer science and economics, and somewhat good in geology and business & environment. School is getting a little wild, not to mention some wild halloween nights (I won't post pictures for good reason). so let's talk about KAREN O instead! Besides being so goddamn awesome/eccentric she is the fronter for yeah yeah yeahs and also directed a music vid for liars, which is my almost favourite band ever... Apparently she worked avec some young tweensters called TMOT (tiny masters of today), which aren't half bad, and she also worked with NASA for their track "strange enough", which is like seriously addicitve too! I don't even remember when I first heard of the yeah yeah yeahs but I DO have a copy of purple mag with a story (more like a photo spread) on Karen O in some insane but obviously fitting outfits shot by terry richardson, who, by the way, is an amazing photographer. Will post those once my scanner is set up..

on the topic of photos - go check out VICE's do's and don'ts! why? Because even though it's all hit or miss and almost always highly offensive, the ones that are a hit are usually a hit for a reason... for example, their recent 1994 do's and don'ts, which are now up. Plus, it's a canadian publication! and, even better, it's FREEEE! so instead of just looking at the site, go pick up a copy from basically any store on 17th avenue. You'll love it.

P.S. also, goo check out vice's sister site, VBS. why? Because it's also hilarious, and they have interviews with barry mcgee, my artist crush/idol

P.P.S. I'm not completely done yet! there's actually a lot of stuff we got at work, some of which I am totally dying for - brixton hats, marc by marc jacobs shades (I already own a pair, but I collect everything), and bod & christensen leather jackets! Oh yeah, not to mention some fantastic shoes., seeing as it is a shoe store

Velvet

I just spotted this brand new Velvet Double Scoop Neck from American Apparel.

Christmas cant come soon enough!

This totally takes me back to my childhood and the christmas banquet when I was only 10! Singing christmas carols in a velvet dress like this one... it wasn't as revealing back then I swear!

The Peppermint Man

While reading the Jonathan LeVine Gallery I stumbled upon an artist named Camille Rose Garcia and she creates these incredible PITCO fine dolls. Even though these are $450 I find myself wanting one. I may have to store it in a different room so I can get some sleep!

Damnit, Janet.

Whats halloween without Frankfurter and the Time Warp?

good weekend

this weekend was definitely one of the best ones for me, since I was able to 1) get a camera, finally, and 2) get some new jeans, which I obsess about constantly but can never afford. So, let me elaborate.

from here
SATURDAY:
not the best start, since I woke up at 9:30 and was supposed to meet celine and natasha in sunnyside at 10:00 for MARKET COLLECTIVE! Uh, also another bad start: it was snowing, which isn't so weird, seeing as how I live in calgary, wonderful calgary. Since I was lazy and kind of sold out to the mass-market crowd, I wore my uggs out and instantly damaged them because I didn't waterproof them, even though I always tell customers to do it. Apparently celine is very punctual and was at the c-train station at 9:50ish, while natasha and I were still sleeping. Despite all that bad stuff, it gets way better! Anyways, we made it into kensington around 11, and was still pretty early for market collective. Firstly, market collective is a really great place for local vendors and artists and musicians, poets, basically anything. It only costs a dollar, or a non-perishable food donation, and it's cheap access to the best flea market around calgary. There's some amazing finds, and I wish I had my camera so I could have some decent proof of it. Split Pea Vintage, which also sells their wares at Freshlife Boutique on.. 1st street I believe? had some really great 15$ sweaters and shirts and dresses. Natasha found the best leather bomber around for 15$, Celine got a sweet dolman sleeve sweater, and I found a nice cardigan that I WISH I bought. We ventured around, saw and heard some really great local bands (I'll take notes next time! I forgot the names already/wasn't paying attention), some amazing artists, especiallu Markus Michel (who doesn't have a website, sadly), who does really crazy cutting. Uhhh, best of all, I GOT A CAMERA! It's a cutie, a Yashica Minister, in its original case. So now I have no excuses, I will finally post some pictures.
Oh yeah, then I went to work, not as interesting.

SUNDAY:
also not as interesting as saturday morning, but I finally tried on and actually bought a pair of nudies! Of course, being asian, I got them at a discounted price, thanks to the pusch (poosh?) VIP event, where you get 25% off. So, for a year, I will be wearing my nudies and suffering from blue-hands-blue-legs syndrome. I will post my progress from month to month, if I don't wear out the crotch again. (HANDY TIP: just email the lovely guys at nudie jeans and they will send you a patch kit! the patches don't have to be for nudies especially, because I used the patches on my much-loved first pair of cheap mondays, dubbed Frank(enstein), which now have irrepairable holes...)
uhh oh yes, I also studied but kind of not really studied, computer science.

My Two Heroes

Alison Mosshart and Jack White

These two changed my outlook on music.

yulia brodskaya and my new resolution

sososo, I stumbled across this lovely lady's work. Look at it and you can tell that it's crazy hard to do. I have a set for this and I just gave up because I couldn't deal with it. It's impossibly hard, but seeing this makes me want to start all over again. Maybe I will, after midterms and all that. Anyways, this stuff is crazy good. So, props to you, Yulia, you are the shit.


P.S. Shelby says that it's called "quilling", in case you ever want to google it / try it for yourself...
more photos here