Secrets

I spent way too much money last weekend on clothes. Unfortunately this seems to be a common occurrence. At least I look good, right?

I spent all day making MyShape outfits on Polyvore. It's so much fun (and helps out the company.. yay!). Seriously, if you havent used it, do. It's super easy and it fulfills my dreams (and probably yours, admit it) of being a personal stylist.

MyShape Jag Jeans + Bailey 44 top by Kri_style featuring Lanvin bags

I can't wait to be rich.

I had meant to write a post that was meaningful and I remember that I thought of a really good topic at work today but alas, as usual, it's completely gone. I'll probably think of it again at some other completely inconvenient time.

Also, I changed my profile playlist so enjoy. They are three of my favorite sipping mojitos and snacking on lady fingers songs. Not that i do that often. Or ever. But if I did (all whilst floating around on my pink polka dot pool floaty) these would be the songs I'd be listening to.

Off to frolick in the yard.

Sarah Jessica Parker and Skinny Ass Jeans

Currently replaying anything JEM. This one's particularly fresh in the memory due to Sex and the City


Also I'm obsessed with Polyvore.com

And Nordstrom. It's so much nicer than Macy's. I never find anything in Macy's. And since Bloomingdale's is so far away, Nordstrom is like the best friend you can always depend on :)

Today was Jessica's Bday dinner. It was nice to see some friends. Working nonstop kind of sucks. I need to move to a city where driving isnt necessary and you can see all your friends by taking public transport/walking. Not too far of walking, though. I need to be able to wear killer shoes.

Work in the A.M. means sleep in the P.M. so I better make it in these last 15 minutes.

Holly Golightly.

I watch Breakfast at Tiffany's way too much. I took a break for a while after Jessica confirmed to me that I AM just like Holly when it comes to love, but since I've accepted my ways I am back to watching it constantly :)




This is one of my fave dialogues from the movie. I wish youtube had the excerpt but I've only been able to find longer segments.
Doc Golightly: I love you Lula Mae.
Holly Golightly: I know you do, and that's just the trouble. It's the mistake you always made, Doc, trying to love a wild thing. You were always lugging home wild things. Once it was a hawk with a broken wing... and another time it was a full-grown wildcat with a broken leg. Remember?
Doc Golightly: Lula Mae there's something...
Holly Golightly: You musn't give your heart to a wild thing. The more you do, the stronger they get, until they're strong enough to run into the woods or fly into a tree. And then to a higher tree and then to the sky.
<3

Fashion, throw it all on me.

Working 9 to 5, what a way to make a livin'. Okay so I'm working 930 to 6 but theres no song for that..



I got really lucky with this internship. It's fashion related, but not so much so that feel like I'm in The Devil Wears Prada. I pretty much get to blog surf all day and talk to bloggers who write about the coolest things, so that's amazing. I'm also doing some writing. The people in the office are all very nice. And they are so dedicated to the company. Especially my boss, Linda. She is a superhero. Working during vacation? Now THAT'S dedication.

Hopefully I can blog about the interesting blogs I read at work, but I usually have no time.. so we'll see. I've added a lot of them to my follow list so I guess people can go there to check them out. I just need to be more on top of posting here as well as on twitter and facebook.

Forget the Formalities

People don't understand me, and I like that. I don't fit the mold that many of my friends do right now.. they have different wants, different needs.

In high school I never, ever hung out with the group of girls who were always in relationships. I was ALWAYS with the free spirits, the independent leaders. The women who did not compromise any part of themselves for men. Not that they didnt have boyfriends, but they never whined about how much they wanted one (one of my biggest pet peeves) nor did they become sappy no-life-ers once they got em. I am very much an independent person. I hate depending on others because they tend to disappoint. I also find it hard for people to hold my attention for long periods of time. It is quite rare for me to find those people who are so secure with themselves that they dont compromise themselves for others. I havent found some of those people in a looong time.

I had decided to become more like normal people in my position (age, sex, location, etc) and be more open to relationships --whatever the hell that means (i really couldnt even say the phrase because i knew there was no way i knew how to accomplish it). But I'm not anti-relationships, no matter what people may think or how I may come off. The truth is that if I met someone who captured my attention, was a unique individual, had something to contribute, and i was attracted to them (which is the biggest problem, i amnot easily attracted to people) I would have no problem calling them my boyfriend. But, with the same token, I am unable to meet someone halfway. That is why I don't work like most. I understand that relationships are supposed to be able compromising and meeting the other person halfway, etc, but I think that is bullshit. If you can't accept me 100% exactly as I am, then we aren't meant to be. Plain and simple. I know I am not perfect. I am far from it. I know I'm wrong a lot of the time. But if I disagree with someone, I tell them. If I think someone is being shady, disrespectful, rude, etc, I tell them. Or I distance myself. And my partner needs to acknowledge that and accept it. I'm not changing anytime soon.

There is a reason that I am posting about this today, but I'm not going into it because I'm not going to place blame on people for being the compromising type. Most people are. I don't think that that is a problem. However, I have never ever understood how people disregard their friends, family, and whole entire lives because they get a boyfriend/girlfriend. Unless you are married, I don't excuse that behavior. If you don't make me a priority, you will not be made one in my life.

In the Gaga interview, I like how she says shes not "looking" for anyone. I'm not looking for anyone either. I'm very content being alone. I'm over pretending that I like people when I really don't. And i'm over trying to make things work that I know aren't going to. I just want to have fun (not be a slut, which people tend to associate that phrase with).

Okay, this is long enough.

Hipsters.

If you have ever read the wikipedia page for "Hipsters (contemporary subculture)" you have probably also laughed so hard milk came out of your nose. Just saying.



I love hipsters. I think I may qualify as one simply because of the myspace photo sesh. One can only dream.

The Travel Bug

I have a love/hate relationship with the Travel Channel. Everytime I watch it I want to get awayyyy.

I have been wanting to go somewhere nature-y all month but unfortunately it seems I will be in LA all summer. I'm supposed to go to Seattle with Mayra in August but we havent settled any details yet so I don't know if thats going to happen. I'm also planning to go to San Diego in a few weeks to visit V & Karolyn but that doesn't count. I want to roadtrip to grand canyon again or to the redwood national park (lol, yes, that is what i am watching on TV right now because of course I didn't know that existed). Ooo now Yosemite is on! I've never been there either!! Who wants to be my travel buddy?




Perhaps I should take that full-time job so that I can afford these excursions... However then I won't have any time for the trips. Boo.

Julian Casablancas.. so 8th grade.

Despite being my last day at school today (always both sad and WONDERFUL. mostly wonderful minus some friends going home to far away places) it has been pretty great. I think my final went pretty well =)

and my summer is going to be full of fabulous people, even though I'm not sure exactly what I'll be doing yet. But things are looking good.

P.s. when did Santogold become Santigold? I need to change my name. Just by one letter though. I'm thinking Kristo. Or is that too much like Christ? Krista? no... Kristx, Kriszy? I'm open to suggestions.

I'm not even gonna lie, I heard this on lanay's page and i LOVE it. Thanks, Nay. You always have had amazing taste.
(I decided to put this video because its the most entertaining, since there's no official video for the song).

Just a little bit dramatic.

"And then a hero comes along With the strength to carry on And you cast your fears aside And you know you can survive So when you feel like hope is gone Look inside you and be strong And you'll finally see the truth That a hero lies in you"


Oh Mariah, you make the worst situations seem better. Minus your "touch my body" phase. And marrying Nick Canon.

Size Matters.

Kim Kardashian recently blogged about being shown in an article about Forever 21's new plus-sized clothing.

Writes Kim:
"I feel that this clipping from Us Magazine is a bit misleading, so I wanted to comment on it.

I am a huge fan of Forever 21 and I'm very happy they have expanded their line to include a plus-size range, but I am not in that size category and this article makes it sound like I am! I am a curvy girl and I love my curves, but curvy and plus-sized are two very different things. I work really hard to maintain my curves while staying slim and healthy, so to be classed as a "fuller-figured woman" of extra large proportions is a little offensive.

For the record, I am a size 2, not 2XL. "

I don't know what the point of this blog was, if not to be extremely contradictory and offend plus sized people. While Kim claims she is very happy with the expansion, she makes being "plus-sized" sound so derogatory. And that isnt entirely her fault. I mean, society views words like "plus-sized," "voluptuous," and "full-figured" as negative altogether. However I personally think that she should be proud for not being the super-skinny Hollywood norm and giving girls whose bodies are normal a representation in the media (not that kim's body is normal but its more-so than kate moss and keira knightley).

Not to mention that Forever 21's sizing is seriously off anyways, and a large in their store is the equivalent of a medium in many other places so perhaps this plus-sized expansion will actually mean that people with boobs and a butt can fit into the retailers robes.

Spring Break

I had a fabulous spring break but now its over and i have yet to have time to write about it, but I will. Promise.

Question of the Day

Should I minor in screenwriting, cinema television, polisci, human rights, american popular culture, or just keep my PR double major?

decisions, decisions.

Love/Hate Relationship

I have a love/hate relationship with Perez Hilton. I love his website (and read it daily) but I can't stand him and a lot of the time I completely disagree with what he writes. However, he has recently been blogging about this new artist, Little Boots. I have to admit the first couple times he wrote about her I disregarded it since he tends to jump on the bandwagon of random artists that aren't particularly spectacular for any reason. However he posted a video of her doing a cover of Kid Cudi's "Day 'N Nite" and it was actually pretty good. It peaked my interest enough to venture to her youtube where I discovered that she actually does something pretty cool, and that is she takes requests from fans and covers a song every monday via her youtube. She's done MGMT and Cyndi Lauper, among others. I really like the idea. If I were a talented singer/musician I would totalllly do that!

Here is her doing "Time to Pretend" by MGMT


I went to her website and found she also keeps a pretty extensive blog. A lot of it is just the usual talk about getting drunk and high at shows and meeting cool musicians, but there are also a lot of pictures so it's fun. Theres also a free download which I'm not sure I like but it's free so I didn't turn it down. At the very least this inspired me to pay an ounce more attention to Perez's praises of her.

Oh, and the Kid Cudi cover:


Can't wait until Thursday at 11.

Brrr-oke

Why on earth does everyone decide to have their events all of a sudden? I have so much work to do/places to be/ people to see. It's ridiculous! I think I may have to downsize on the responsibilities or else I might not get everything done!

p.s. My hair is a frizzy monster today. Thank you wind +rain -hair cut.

Fly, you fool.

I was dead set on going to London for study abroad (and in turn doing comm) but I watched Lord of the Rings again yesterday and now I'm back to being torn between London and New Zealand. And now I found out that I can go to Christchurch for comm too so I don't have to do PR just to go to NZ. I think if I went to NZ i'd be wayyy more out of my element (considering its all countryish and theres a lot of extreme sports that I would probably try just cuz its what you do). I think that might be good for me. But I'm in love with the Brits so who knowssss. maybe i'll look into a summer study abroad (next summer, obv) and do both? Oh man I hate decisions, decisions.

In the Bay of Monterey

I went up to Monterey Bay this weekend to visit CSUMB with my brother and parents. It was a nice mini-vacation although I underestimated the 5 hour drive. I honestly didn't think it was that far. It didn't help that my dad missed one of the highways so we ended up going a little too far inland and then had to travel back to the coast, which took an extra 2 hours.


We finally got there (thanks to the GPS on my iPhone) at around 7:45 pm. I was exhausted and starving, but thankfully we stayed near Cannery Row at the Otter Inn, a familiar little hotel we stayed in a few years ago. This means we were about 2.5 blocks away from Bubba Gump's so my tummy was happy :)



I wish we would have gotten there earlier to explore and hang out more but I knew the purpose of the trip was to let Albert see the campus so I didn't complain.

On Saturday I was awoke by seagulls quite early. I think thats one thing about living near the ocean that I wouldn't like. We drove up to seaside and had breakfast at a quaint little diner that had excessive owl decorations. I had a banana and apple juice because of the massive cinnamon roll i consumed in the hotel room prior to departure.


The actual campus os CSUMB was kind of tiny and bland. It was cute and the weather was nice but it's just completely different from USC. there was actual greenery... haha. The campus was built on an old military base and there was still abandoned barracks and training areas on the outskirts of campus. it was kind of odd because the buildings looked condemned and haunted. The tour was obnoxiously long and the guide was on step away from being slapped if she said "YAY!" one more time... I swear...





It seemed like Albert was into the location but not too thrilled about the school. I think he would actually really like it there but its very far and he wouldn't have his precious car (despite what he thinks, my parents have firmly said NO). He's always been more of a homebody than me so I don't know how that would work out. I'm sure he could do it but I don't know if its worth it cuz the media/comm/film programs arent that great and thats what he's thinking of doing. But whatever, if he does choose to go up there at least I can go to the aquarium and see the sea otters when I visit! hehe




Oh and while we waited for the tour to start I managaed to do some damage at Old Navy and Target, including purchasing new shoes, shirts, and a HSM3 DDR game for PS2. I need to bring the PS2 to school now cos that game is flippin awesome!


The drive down was mch quicker even though the car kept breaking down. Got home around 930ish and knocked out shortly thereafter.

What do you want to do B1? Well I don't know B2.

I'm going up to CalState Monterey Bay this weekend with my little brother and parents. I'm looking forward to the mini vacation, it's been a while. Although I probably shouldn't go, I have so much work to do. But I kind of want to just get away for a little bit. Every so often I feel that way. Its my extremely overdeveloped fight or flight response.

Terence came over today (with cookies) and grilled me on sitcom theme songs which led to at least an hour of mindless youtube searching that resulted in 90's cartoons intro's, 80's cartoons intros, banana's in pajamas and Richard Scarry's Busy Town. I miss the youngin days of fun filled wholesome(ish) tv. Kids shows today are so disappointing =/

Since I have come to favor the visual aids/vids in my posts I've included some of my fave picks from today. Youtube really should pay me to go throw their content and find the best stuff because I spend way too much time on there daily.








I dont know how many times I sang "Zumting iz not right" when I was younger and annoyed the heck out of my mom.


and i never watched this show but I kind of wish I did...it's only posted here because of the spice girls intro =)


goodnight :)

Omg.

one of the things I don't like about blogging/ journaling in general is the fact that I tend to always go back and read what I wrote and think that I was completely delusional when I wrote it. For example, when I wrote that I would like to work a "9-5 job in fashion"...HELLOOOO I think i momentarily had a meltdown because there's no such thing as a 9-5 job in the fashion industry. its a 24/7 job. So i revise my previous mention of 9-5 to 24/7. Just a minor numbers mix-up. It could happen to anyone.


My goal for today was to put a large dent in my COMM 201 writing assignment but I've been twittering (i can't seem to bring myself to say "tweeting" comfortably, i keep imagining myself as a large, awkward bird) and getting lost on style.com for the past hour so we shall see how that goes. I found my interesting youtube of the day though.


Hahaha i feel so dumb for not knowing what a "sideshow" was prior to this video, although I do enjoy the Traxamillion/Mistah F.A.B. song.

I feel like i should be a professional interesting youtube finder. I'm way too obsessed with videosharing content.

pets

So yesterday i decided after looking at an old friend's blog, that I really want a pet rabbit.  They are very cute, and I have never had one before so I'm curious to see if I am a rabbit person.

However today I visited the blog of my former newswriting professor Celeste Fremon, (witnessla.com) and she posted a video from the LA Times website of a baby pig named Kingsford.  Now I loved Charlotte's Web as much as the next person but watching little Kingsford frolick in the sand and attempt to climb a set of stairs was heartwarming.  So now I want a pig, too. 

Perhaps I should move to kansas and buy a farm.  Too bad even I couldn't make overall's trendy.

Kingsford Goes to the Beach - Click here for the funniest movie of the week

The Bunny Blues

I have the sudden urge to get a bunny. They are just so cute.  I think I will get one soon.

Jigsaw Falling Into Place

Members of the USC Marching Band performed with Radiohead at the Grammy's last night.  One of those members was Toni, one of my suitemates from last year in Fluor Tower.  It was so amazing.  She can now tell her kids she performed onstage at the Grammy's. That's insane!

It's sunny but cold.  And its apparently going to rain later on, which sucks considering I'm biking to work in about 10 minutes and when I get out my seat may be drenched and I'll have to bike back. Then I'll have two classes and wont get done until 9-930. Boo.

I feel like I should conquer my PR Project Topic today or tomorrow...considering the rest of today will be hectic I'm shooting for tomorrow.  I need to get on that asap if I'm to avoid nuclear stress meltdown later on.  Goal for today: finish my study guide for Comm203 and start going over the book for my 204 midterm on wednesday. 

...Can't wait until the weekend.

earl grey tea

Lauren and I just spent an hour watching the gay channel on TV.   It's A-M-A-Z-I-N-G! there's a drag queen top model called " RuPaul's Drag Race" which is basically the most interesting tv show on.  Also, the music videos they play go above and beyond regular music videos but im not sure that's in a good thing...

Jessica and I are going to see Lily Allen in April! I'm super excited because I realllllly wanted to see her last time she was in LA but tickets sold out before I got around to buying.  So I'm very happy :)

I haven't done as much homework as I should have by now... I probably should get on that ASAP.

I Don't Like it unless it's Brand New.

I mentioned to Jess yesterday night that I wanted to get a blog... well I had momentarily forgotten that in fact I DO already have one.  One that I have been ignoring terribly....sorry poor lil' bloggy :(

I feel like I have failed in many respects in the past few weeks.. I have yet to come up with a feasible topic for my PR project, have yet to contact sponsors for the FIA fashion show in April, and have yet to really decide on my major/minors. It's hard for me to even articulate what I want to do with my life, which makes it even more difficult to think about what major makes the most sense.

Sure, I do have certain ideas about what I want spurts of my life to look like.  I definitely want to go to London.  It would be amazing to live there for a year after college, just working some 9-5 job in fashion or communications.  The rest of my life I envision with a pen, documenting everything.  Journalism was appropriate for that, except I don't want to write about what my editors tell me the people should know. I want to write about what I think they should know.  Too bad people don't just become novelists anymore (at least people who arent already wealthy or who dont mind living in a box) and frankly I don't think I fall into either category.  So I think my best bet is doing something else thats interesting, but writing on the side.  And then if I hate that, once I get finances in order I can just focus wholeheartedly on writing.

Maybe I should work for the UN because that knocks out two of my life goals--one, making a difference in the world, and two--travel.  I have always been interested in human rights, in particular.  Perhaps a double major in IR or PoliSci is in order... 

Before I went into self-examining my life, I had intended to write about the new Lily Allen CD, It's Not Me, It's You.  I downloaded it yesterday (although I do plan on purchasing it Tuesday, so I don't feel guilty at all).  The thing I like about Lily as an artist in particular is her witty lyrics.  Her stuffy/sweet british-accented voice disguises a lot of the irony in her work, and it gives her songs sweet overtones.   She also has a really cute sense of style which probably makes me like her a bit more as well.  As for top tracks, I think my favorites are "I Could Say," "Fuck You," and "Not Fair."  But I like a lot of them, so I feel like those three aren't necessarily accurate.

I had planned on devoting my entire afternoon to homework... and I have yet to crack open a book.. So I think the time is now.