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