12.23.08 The Hills

This is pretty amazing! Its no blog but pretty amazing images
http://englishrussia.com/?p=774

This band is pretty cool also, am tempted to buy the entire album!
Courtesy of Jason Bently on KCRW
http://www.myspace.com/m83

12.22.08 Happy Birthday Yen!!

So if you did not know... it is Yen's Birthday today! Wish her all the bestest in the world cuz she deserves it! here is one for old times!

So if you did not know.... i am really into blogs, it is really just amazing what you are able to find on the internet, and it makes me feel very sad also...... for example.... this 15 year old girl from oregon who makes her own stuff!!!! At 15 I was thinking about what i was gonna eat next.... not thinking about how i can change a tshirt into am amazing one of a kind item! WTF i need to find a new profession.

check out her blog:
http://childhoodflames.blogspot.com/
I would put photos in but what is the point... i want to save that for my photos... not hers... i am gonna be selfish here! i need my MB space.

and these blogs i look at everyday just to be amazed at who they are gonna shoot next:
http://thesartorialist.blogspot.com/
-based in NY but goes around the world

http://facehunter.blogspot.com/
-based in london but goes around the world

check them out to get inspired or if you are bored!

12.19.2008 Signs you have to love

I have nothing to say!

12.19.2008 Doors 1

There is something about doors that just fascinates me......
House door

Christian church door in south philly

House door

12.19.2008 HOLY 1

Walking around South Philly..... these are not churches!

12.19.2008 ITS ALWAYS COULDY IN PHILADELPHIA!

Okay, so here it is. My 1st post in Philadelphia, PA.
I have struggled in vain, I will struggle no more. I have decided to make this blog a photo blog of things I see in Philly with bacon bits of my fabulous humor. I know I know, you all love my amazing writing skills but I can't really write about my everyday oppsies..... I can actually but I am seriously really boring!
I hope all my fans love the new blog. I am trying to be the girl Hedi Slimane..... cross my fingers!!

This is my room-from all four corners. DO NOT GIVE ME A DIRTY LOOK! I AM TRYING TO UNPACK BUT I HAVE NO STORAGE YET! GEEZ... and yes that is tape on top of the window from when the landlord (Matt) painted....

That is my light... the light connected to the room is broken and Matt has to replace it.... + more tape

That is my closet without a door and without a top shelf.... Matt is gonna put one in.... but no door...I don't think i need one..... + more tape

My bedroom door with more tape

View of the house from afar.... it is the middle one...the darker brown one.... my room is on the 2nd floor.... can you see me??

View from up close


Slush on the ground.... it was a slip and slide morning!

Icicles on the car

It did not snow last night it was just F***ing so cold!

You really can't see it but the tree was crying!!!

10.13.08 HEY THERE BOY..... GURLLLLL

I started off the day by mailing off my Free People project off to Philly.... I had the greatest feeling... I felt like i was freed from a sweat shop.... Well... with that finished....... I had take a shower for my 1st hair cut in 10 years....... As some of you know... I usually cut my own hair.... straight across and I am good...... no layers... nothing..... I tried something new a few months ago... i gave myself bangs..... i didn't give myself good bangs at that... but hey i give myself credit...i had bangs for about a week. Well anyways back to my 1st hair cut in 10 years....... I take my shower and i forget what I did the rest of the day....all i know is that I didn't eat anything.... I head out to the East Village.... I get there about 45 minutes early but I needed to find a WAMU to get some cash out.... I pretty much go around in a circle and realize that there is a WAMU around the block from her apartment. So I am about starving...... and go to McDonald's for some french fries..... I go to order my fries.... she goes to get the fries and I hand her a 20 but she did not have enough to give me change.... she calls the manager and he looks at the fries and tells her that she gave me too much fries..... and went on to lecture her that she should only be putting 4 oz in and that is it....She replies.... do you want me to put it back..... Okay at this point... I am staring at the manager thinking.... WTF.... its 3 more pieces of fries..... I hate McDonald's...... READ FAST FOOD NATION! So I finally get to her apartment.... okay.... it is kinda ghetto... but I had to give her a chance... Kathy loves her!!! She gave her bangs and a layers.... and she looks great...... So i had to give her a chance... So this is what I wanted....... Full bangs and kinda of a straight hair cut..... I talk to her about it and she says.... its a mushroom haircut.... I say.... yeah kinda but straighter across the bottom.... and then tell her.... do what you thinks looks best.... This should have been the tip off.....she looks at the picture and asks is that a boy...AHHHHHH.....not soo good So we talk and 30 minutes later she is finished...... She styles my hair similar to the photo..... and I think to myself... this is short! and I look like a boy...... AHHHHH at this point... she starts to give me a neck massage..... Which was amazing! granted it was only a 5 minute massage.. it felt amazing!!! totally worth it! hahahhah i wish i brought by beanie with me..... but I hair pinned it up instead... I needed to get use to the hair.... So, I go home that evening and my family wants to skype with me....... Yen screams and says what the hell did i do to my hair... Tuan sees it and says YOU LOOK LIKE A BOY... I AM NOW HIS BIG BROTHER.. :( do you get to see a photo..... ummmm not so much!!

10.06.08-10.13.08 Locked up in #34

So I had to compile this week into one post... otherwise there will be a few dead family members out there.... I ended up going to the thrift store in washington heights to buy some knit garments to work on my free people project...... I ended up getting about 2 over sized fleece pull overs, a mens button up top, kathy's old sweater, a oversized waffle top and some cording and elastic....... I was not really sure what I was gonna make but I was gonna make something I was gonna be able to wear at least! 1 of the oversized fleece pullovers The very bad hand sketch I made for Free People.... This top mixes the waffle knit and the mens button up top. I added buttons and some hand stitch details to the top This jacket mixes two of the oversized fleece pullovers cuz I did not have enough fabric... But it ended up being the best of the three garments. I also used kathy's old sweater + the old ripcurl jacket she was getting rid of for zippers. This pull over is all one fleece... I turned the hood inside out so that you can see the waffle knit and tried to make a girly muscle top. Adding some military detailing with the cording at the back and added an elastic waistband with a metal buckle. Lets just say I was in washington heights all week working on this project... It was fun times.... A night of drinking cuz the girls did not have to work that day. Photo taken right after a trip to Pinkberry's...taken in Columbus Square!!!!! Here is a random photo.... In Manhattan they lock up the Axe Spray!!! Go figure!

10.03.08 LUCKY DAY

So I went to an interview in Phili with Free People. The one place I have wanted to work at for the longest time..... I get ready for an interview with Free People in Phili. Outfit requirements: dress casual cuz they want to eye me up and down..... what do I wear... a boys button up striped shirt and plaid skinny capri shorts. Lets just say it was VERY casual!!! I had to go pick up my tickets at the train station so I left the apartment about 10:30 am so that I can check out the Free People store in Chelsea. I walk to the Free People store which is on 5th Ave just north of 14th St. It is a pretty nice looking store but I must say that the FP stores in Cali look way better!!! Just my opinion! I wander around the store about 30 minutes to get the vibe, and leave to go into the Anthropologie store across the street, I roam around that store for about 3o minutes and walk out with nothing. (pat on the back) I realize I need cash to pay for the taxi in Phili so I head to Chase-whom bought WAMU, so I assumed that I could use their ATMs right? Nope, I get charged $3 for using the ATM....Is WAMU and Chase not the same banks now? I check online and my checking says Chase-WAMU.... All I have to say is that I better get my money back! and WAMU better not charge me....huh....will I get charged by WAMU???? since they are not a bank anymore???? I WANT MY MONEY! Anyways..... on my way back to the station I decide to go into Urban cuz I have an hour to kill and I have a $100 gift certificate to burn. I've had this gift certificate for about a year now and have not even used a cent of it.... SUCKS!! I never find anything I like...until I went into that urban...I found some Levi's 421 skinny jeans in the eyeliner color.... I go to try on the jeans and lets just say they were tighter than a glove..... Not so much a good look on me.... You say photo? YOU WISH!! The jeans were a really nice color and I liked the fit... so I go out and to see if they have one size up, but just my luck... they don't have it! While I was looking for the size I realize that dirty boy from subway with the crazy eyes works there. And yes, he is trying to have a staring contest with me again for some reason... All I could think was stare at the ground.... DUDE! these guys eyes are pretty intimidating and scary! So my attempt to purchase something was a bust, so I head back to the station but get a little side tracked my a supermarket.....my stomach was leading the way! Well, I pick up a few things and what do I find there.......Fried Onions!!!!! I could not pass that up! I had to buy not 1 can but 2! YES!!! Finally a great purchase! heheheheheh I finally get on the train at 1:30pm and take a seat near the rear of the car where there are 4 seats facing each other and get a window seat. The entire time I hope that no one sits with me, and again.... just my luck! this Asian dude comes and sits with me....I smile and let it be. But then he pissed me off! He sits directly in front of me. Why am I pissed... Well let me tell you.... obviously it is a free world.... but geez! can you take another seat besides the one that is directly facing me. I think to myself he wants to talk right? well.. F no I am not gonna satisfy him! I put on my headphones and read my book! HA! So about 20 minutes into the ride he starts to doze off. You know when people are sitting up right and trying to sleep and their head bobs up and down and to the side....hahehheheahahaheheh... yeah like that... It was pretty funny...It kept me entertained for about 10 minutes. That is when he gets really uncomfortable and decides to slide over to the seat next to him so that he can relax his legs! DUMB BASTARD! SEE! SEE why I am pissed! I finally get there an 1hr and 30 minutes later and get a taxi to head to the interview at the Naval base. I first interview with the Recruiter and then the Design Director. The interview with the recruiter went great... we just talked and she looked thru my portfolio...the piece of crap that it is.... and head over to talk to the Design Director in the Free People Building.....there is a building for reach division.... there is an Urban Outfitters, Free People, Anthropologie building and there is a cafeteria with a gym....free to all employees!!!! AMAZING! Hey if I get a job there, I might go exercise! hehehehheheh maybe..... So I sit and talk to the Design Director about my work experience and she looks thru my portfolio.....but the entire time I could not keep eye contact with her..... I think we were sitting so close I got a bit weird.... I realized that I was not making eye contact with her and start to but then she starts to stare at my portfolio! DAMN! But then she tells me that the computer sketches do not translate to her at all. She says that when she sees the photoshoot pictures and the cad next to each other she can't see how the factory made the garment with the cad..... AHHHHHHH!!! And she tells me that they are very hands on there and they sketch everything by hand! AHHHHHHH!!!!!! But it still sound amazing to be working and being crafty all day! She then asked me where I was from and I told her that I was from Orange County and she she told me that she has a few girls from Orange County in the department. I told her that one of my old high school mates works at urban- Jasmine Yoon and she tells me that she works for Free People. I freak out a little bit like the teeny bopper I am and say 'SMALL WORLD!' So we end the interview with her asking me to do 3 little groups so that she can get a feel of what I might do for the company. She runs to go grab Jasmine, and like two high schoolers we get very gitty! I head back to the Phili train station to go back to NY.
Here are some photos from the ride...
30th St Station-outside inside station
At this point I am starving!!! Chips and water did not do it for me. I buy a tuna melt from COSI, and I took my first bit and I think I about died! It was a pretty good sandwich!! I def recommend COSI!!! I finally get back into the city and head to the Crocodile Lounge in the East Village to meet up with the girls..... Lets just say..this place.... you buy a drink and you get a mini pizza all night!!! Why would you want to go anywhere else???? Lets just say the girls got there at 6pm and we left about 12:30am..... Why did we stay so long....well.... Pizza and free drinks from the bartender ain't so bad right? :P All I can remember is....Kathy hiding her phone in her bra and the girls calling her and her boobs glowing.... a guy saying 'when he wants to settle down he is going back to the midwest to get married and have babies', a guy telling Amanda 'I'm loney tonight' and a guy asking Amanda 'where do you go to meet guys?, I punch Kathy in the neck and say 'lets dance douche bag!' Interesting......We finally leave the bar to go to heaven..... DESSERT TRUCK!!! On our drunk walk to dessert truck... Amanda is running after me telling me she loves me and wants to hug me and Kathy just saying that I am a mean drunk. Lets just get this straight right now.... I am always mean, I don't need to be drunk to be mean..... Its just a good excuse to punch people! heheheheheh Well also on the way to heaven I think about Alex Greenwald and tell Kathy that I would have been all over him if I was at their show tonight (my bad) he is sooo pretty! .....Well, we get to St. Mark's St and we have to wait at the corner for everyone else to catch up and start to people watch.... I see this guy and think...wow! he is really cute.... he get closer and realize I know this dude! Its Alex Greenwald..... I freak out and run tell Kathy and then I get really gitty and my buzz is gone.... He killed my buzz! but then again he can kill whatever he wants!!!
The one and only Alex

So I call Thu and tell her what happened and tells me that that I need to buy a lottery ticket.... I head into the first liquor store I see and DAMN IT he says 'machine down' I head to the next one and he says the exact same thing and adds that all the machines are down after midnight! WTF!!! I am on a roll!!!! So I settle for a scratcher... a $5 one! its the first one I saw! Am I a millionare? nope! NOT YET!!!! But am I mad that I am not a millionare? nope! not so much!

9.30.08 YA-YA Interview

During the past week... I have had email conversations with a potential employer.... YA-YA apparel for a developer/design position. She pretty much laid everyone out for me over email... what i would be doing on a day to day basis and how much creativity... which was not much at all... But I decided to go check it out and on my way there... I realize that it across the street from Bryant Park... over looking it.... It is a pretty amazing location.... now this job sounded even better than before..... It would get me into the contemporary market just like I wanted......
Well I get there a bit early and decide to hang out in Bryant Park for a bit..... I am sitting there minding my own business as usual..... when this guy sits down to have a cigarette about 30 feet away from me..... Me still minding my own business... I look up and see him staring right at me with a blank stare with his cigarette barely in his mouth about to fall out..... Well now... at his point... i can't stop staring cuz it is too funny not to keep looking....
I finally leave my cigarette smoking admirer to head up to the interview.... When i get there... I realize that they are working out of their show room.... two sales rep and the girl I am interviewing with.... We sit and have a nice talk about my experience..... and then she gives me a mini test..... she grabs a few garments and asks me to describe the garment.....as i would describe it to the vendor..... so I go in my apparel lingo and it is not what she wants to here....... she wanted to hear.... 1/4" DN stitch, lt wt fused collar, exposed #5 zipper.... etc.... I mean if she wanted all that.... she should have asked me how would i put this garment in a t/p form calling out details...... AHHH... So I failed miserably...... at the end.... she asks me what I think.... if i think I could do this... I said yes... of course and then asks what I would like to get paid here..... and she writes it down in her notes..... I think that would have been the kiss of death for me also..... I am too expensive..... WHO KNEW I COULD BE TOO EXPENSIVE NOW.... I WAS CHEAP A YEAR AGO! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH I need a job!!!!

After the interview I just head home to Washington heights..... and hang out and home.... FUN TIMES!

9.28.08 Lychee looks like.......

I wake up to go to church.... I have a nice 15 minute walk to the church and try to zig zag thru all the dog poop in the street while it is raining. Walking to church I see tons of people walking to the park in Medieval costumes.... not very good ones at that..... They were all going to get drunk.... way too early in the morning! It was sad at the same time cuz they were all going to the festival and it was raining! SOOO Sad! I like going to the 9am service than the 11am service.... why.... well.... I like the way the choir sings at the 9am service... the lady at the 11am service.... umm... not to me mean in any way.... I prefer not to hear her sing.... :( Well, anyways..... there was a really amazing singer sitting behind me.... I kept looking back and smiling... it was pretty amazing and it put me in a really great mood! I head home and the girls are awake to go to brunch at the Antique Garage in Soho! So on the train ride to Soho.... I start to eye this old man with this amazing bag!!! WTF I want that bag bad!!!! Its just makes me feel sad..... it would make so much more sense if that bag was with me and not him..... ya know... We get there and take our seats... then our waiter comes... really nice but for some reason...the waiters in NYC are reeeeeeeaaaaaaaaalllllllllyyyyyyyyyy slow.... Well anyways... the waiter takes our orders and walks away.... I guess this is when kathy notices a really bad odor... she pays no attention to it and we go on chatting about who knows what! The waiter then comes back to give us our entrees and Kathy smells the odor again.... and she tells us she smells something funky and can't figure out what it is.....and Kathy says she thinks it is the waiter..... I tell her she is crazy cuz i can't smell a thing. The waiter drops something else off at the table and she takes a big wif and she says...yes.... it is def him... its very bad b.o. Enough of this dude.... Amanda decides to come have brunch with us and hang for the rest of the day. We walked around Soho and went window shopping and Kathy says she wants to visit Paolo who works at Alessi a few blocks from where we were... Well to make this a shorter post and a less boring one at that.... Amanda saw a very cute boy in the store and she told Kathy about him but did not see him.... we called him 'Harry Potter' just cuz he had the glasses. Well anywho... Amanda or Kathy tell Paolo and he tries to introduce 'Harry Potter' to us. Paolo asked who and Amanda says it is the guy with glasses.... Well..... he gets the guy with the glasses and tells him to come out to meet us.... So he turns the corner Amanda sees him and thinks... that is not him..... Kathy looks at him and thinks..... that can't be him...... Well.... Go figure... there are two guys there with glasses.... After a bust with the meet and greet.... we get thrown out of Alessi by the Russian lady....all i remember her saying is 'WE ARE CLOSED!' and points out the door. Some random photos at the Alessi bathroom display..... you can't take me anywhere! So we head out to find some drinks and we land at 'The Dove' a bar with velvet walls.... VERY NICE! Nothing really exciting happened here.... here is a photo to document! Amanda thinking...... we do this a lot here..... For dinner we head to Isle-a Thai restaurant.... Lets just say.... it had the best lychee frozen drink in the world.... ALL SUGAR!!!! kept me up all night.... Well.... After Kathy sees and tries my drink... she decides she wants one also... COPYKAT... get it... get it!! anyways.... Selfish me.... i don't offer anyone a try of my drink..... Kathy does and Amanda tries it and she likes it too..... but I guess in between all this.... she says the most disturbing thing ever!!! Quote #?-Lychee looks like a vagina

9.27.08 Movie night

So the day started off pretty early.......about 9ish. I needed to go to Target to get more hangers to finally hang up all my clothes that have been in the boxes. Why did I wait so long to buy hangers? Well, the week before I went with Kathy and they ran out and would not get any until maybe Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. So another week of boxes.... okay, okay... I know I could get hangers anywhere, but I wanted the ones from target, they have the special hanger with the 'groove' for tank tops with wide straps....do you know what I mean. I DO NOT like the ones that are just straight! They do not hold the tanks at all and all my tanks end up on the ground. I mean this is probably lame to tons of you.... oh wait...it's NOT...you are reading the blog cuz you care! :P
We back to my Target trip, I got there and got a grip load of hangers and finally felt complete! But since it was still early and I knew the girls were not up yet, I decided to stop by Marshall's to look around a bit. I found myself in home section and found an amazing rug....take a look see! It was only $29.99.

I got home around 11ish and start to hang up my clothes and put my rug around the table....look...its already full! I feel at home now.... and my room is a mess! IT IS HOME!

I did not have anything planned for the day but Kathy finds out that 'Choke' just opened and wants to go see it..... I asked who is in the movie and she says Sam Rockwell and Angelica Houston. Those two names alone made me get off my computer chair....I mean I totally could have been at home blogging about nothing but I felt like this was a better choice......I hope....
...GO SEE IT!...

So we finally get off the couch and head out in the humid, rainy city. But 1st stop is Home Depot for the bed stablizers. Great invention!

Marc Ecko store window in Chelsea

So I have been craving some sushi since I got here...... All I wanted was GOOD sushi! What did I get... okay sushi, but found a new beer! Kirin Light! WOOOO WHOOOO!!!! Its all about the beer now.....Beer gut here I come! Follow in my Father's foot steps!
After the movie, we walk down to Chinatown to have a drink with Paolo at Fontana's. Before we walk in, the bouncer says to go all the way to the back......that's all he says.... we walk in and this place is packed! Right when we walk in we already saw people right at the door and eyes on us....I felt very violated...... after about 5 minutes in that place and not finding Paolo we walked right back out. On our journey of pushing people out of the way and side stepping to the front door I almost tripped a girl with my bag. I obviously apologize to her (like the nice person I am) but she looks back at me with the death stare.....I guess she did not want me to apologize...huh..... Well at that point...I wished I had just made her fall flat on her face.....
At this point, it is about 1am, so we walk to the train station to catch the train home. On our walk there.... we see Douche #3- we walks pass us saying 'Ching, chong, chen.' Apparently we were supposed to understand this, I start to look over at Kathy and at moment she says 'F YOU!'
So question..... do all Asians speak the same language? Do we all look the same? Or was this douche just trying to make us swoon over his ignorance? Please enlighten me...I would LOVE to know! Oh man....... I heart NY!

I walk up the stairs and there is grip load of people trying to get out onto the streets....walking up the stairs..I walk the pace everyone else on the stairs is walking....I get the surface and the Douche #4 behind me says under is breathe, 'F*** can you walk any faster.' I turn around and I looked at him with the death stare 'Uhhhhhhh ooooooookkkkkayyyyy.' I find Kathy and complain that people here are F***ing rude here. I mean seriously....was I supposed to zig and zag thru people walking up the stairs...cuz seriously.... we were like ants walking up the stairs....or was I supposed to grow longer legs so that I can skip steps like him.....I don't get it.... I mean seriously...he was not going to get any where faster....he had to wait for the bus like everyone else.....

TIP #9: If people would just grab the stick out of their asses...I think their outlook on life would be a much brighter one...or at least much more comfortable one.

9.26.08 Thongs and poo

The girls and I went to Angela's place in Greenbrook Brooklyn off the L train to check out her new pad that she just moved into a few months ago.... the girls called it a 'Slip and Slide'. The definition of a 'slip and slide' well, all I can remember right now is the girls getting together and DRINKING!
So the night consisted of..... frozen foods.... quiches, pizzas, mushroom turnovers, bags of chips, veggies and dip, garlic bread, hummus, mochi, and 7 bottles of wine for....ummmm about 7 girls...... AWESOME!
In between stuffing all of our pie holes.... Courtney and Monica told us about their Halloween costume for all of us.... Little Bo Peep and her sheep..... who is little Bo Peep... Kathy and we are the loyal followers.... I think the illustration explains it all!

Is this all we did this evening....nope! We had music from the musically inclined Angela


Stephanie trying to remember how to play the piano......Good attempt! If you asked her to play the accordion, you are in for a treat!

Stephanie and Courtney playing a duet

Courtney singing and playing the guitar (BTW I have video of this and it looks like she is singing to Monica.....Kinda funny)

Angela's Hello Kitty sewing machine! AWESOME!

COMMENTS???

A fuzzy photo of Amanda and Kathy....both are oddly giving me the finger....

SO..... I have a couple of things that happened on the train ride home....
Truffle mashed potatoes #1 on L train- lets just say he smelled really good! The entire ride I kept telling myself I need to ask him about his cologne..... but like a chicken ass I am.....there was a no go.
Sleeper #1-with comic book in hands- halfway thru our L train ride to the A train the comic book falls out of his hands and onto the floor. Sleeper #1 doesn't even flinch! Nice girl #1 picks up book for him and places it next to him (Nice girl #1 is totally not from NY, she was nice enough to pick up the book)
So the L train comes to its last stop and Amanda says she will hit him on the leg to make him wake up.....Attempt #1- doesn't move- Attempt #2-still doesn't move, Attempt #3- I nudge him on the leg-still doesn't move, Attempt #4- I say 'Sir, Sir' with a nudge- still doesn't move, Attempt #5- the train stops and the doors open- he finally wakes up! (why no photo you ask....ummmm....well, I am a chicken sh** and I thought he might wake up at mid-photo op and I would have gotten my a food sandwich!)

Quote #2: I don't like wearing thongs, they make you go poo.....