Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Wishing and Wanting: Nasty Gal Edition
A Valentines Day Poem
Monday, February 4, 2013
Dolls
A china doll from Chinatown, San Francisco
The doll I won in a raffle at a local gas station(what?)
A native "worry doll" from Central America
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Double Mirrors
25 Facts About Me
Recently I have seen this post turn up on a few blogs. Even before that though I thought that I should probably do some sort of get to know me introductory post. So here it is!
1. I wear contacts.
2. I have had my own sewing machine since I was in 4th grade.
3. If I were to be a fashion designer, I could design a whole collection based around THE COLOR.
4. One day I am going to write/produce/direct a TV show. It will be a real and raw depiction of what growing up is really like.
5. My nails are painted sky blue right now.
6. I am falling in love with Downtown Abbey.
7. Seven is my favorite number, and not just because it is everyone's favorite number.
8. Earrings are my favorite accessories.
9. If I was going to marry anyone, it would be Ed Sheeran's voice.
10. I have 2 cats, 3 dogs, and 1 horse.
11. One day I will have a fat orange cat named Olaf. I'll also have a Himalayan cat, but I'm still debating between the names Ludovic, Hanzila, Hector, and Xenophilius.
12. I'm very open and outspoken about my views.
13. Sometimes I'm a little too loud.
15. I'm craving sushi and a burger right now.
16. I want to attend Barnard, NYU, or Columbia. Maybe Berkeley.
17. When I'm in the car or watching TV I can never have the volume on 13. It's just too much like tempting fate.
18. I believe that editorials in fashion magazines are so much more than pictures of clothes. The clothes bring a thousand words to life, they help to portray so many emotions.
19. My favorite animal is a Tiger and I was born in the year of the Tiger.
20. I'd much rather shop at thrift stores.
21. I'm a Sagittarius.
22. My favorite movies are Grease, Fried Green Tomatoes, Practical Magic, Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and The Lion King.
23. I want to live to see 3 centuries: the 20th, 21st, and 22nd. I'll have to be at least 101.
24. I'm getting my hair cut on Thursday.
25. I am almost 5'9"
Monday, January 28, 2013
So, Sew, So
So....inspirational struck this past weekend. Sometime probably in November I went into Salvo for a little peruse as I often do. I came out with a nice little peachy dress which at the time my family hated. I have to admit, it did resemble something a 50 year old housewife from 50 years ago would wear. However, Saturday I decided that needed to change.
Wake Up, Spring
Friday, January 25, 2013
Those Brits: Part Two
Now a days I listen to what I'd like to call a diverse assortment of music....sort of. I have taken to really liking Indie music which really isn't too different from country. My taste is basically alternative. One of my favorite things is to randomly come across new artists that none of my friends know and feel like I discovered them.
Here are a few of the British musicians that I know are popular in England but that I obnoxiously feel like I was the first person to have ever heard of them and my favorite song of theirs:
Thursday, January 24, 2013
My Hair
Monday, January 21, 2013
Those Brits
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Those Negative People
The worst part of this type of mindset is when it is used in a way that is disrespectful. Alright, you have to read a book for English. Fine. I get that it isn't your favorite thing to do. Neverless, openly grumblings and saying that you hate this book and that you hate English altogether isn't alright. This teacher has to deal with annoying kids all day. I know you'd rather be in a different situation, but honestly, you haven't even read the damn book yet. Stop the irritating hate. Please.
I am a grumbler when I start getting annoyed. It puts me in a such a bad mood for the rest of the day. That is why a start writing rants like this one in my head and eventually just have to get it all out. Really, I shouldn't let people like this mess with me. The hard part though is that I know that the person is above the negativity. They don't know how much they can affect others so much that they become stressed.
Just a venting session,
Chloe
Saturday, January 12, 2013
"Size Matters"
Essie's "Size Matters", haha funny name, is the perfect example of "The Color"(aka Maroo-ink-ta, aka burgundy). Be warned though, it goes on darker than it looks in the bottle, so make sure you love a vampy or dark look.
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Tracing Back Tradition.
I just used this title for an essay. Reduce, reuse, and recycle is what I say! No, just no. Well yes, but no. The essay was about "The Lottery", which if I may say, is so fucking messed up. Pardon my French, s'il vous plait. The story got me worked all up into a stress. So did that obnoxious essay. In most respects I am usually quite the little essay-ist(warning: not a real word). As long as I like the topic and feel inspired, I can crack out 5 paragraphs in a jiffy. Not this time though. I have been so unfocused recently. My mind has been thinking all sorts of thoughts that are unfortunately all unrelated to English. Hopefully this paper will turn out ok. My sentences seemed to turn out like my thoughts: disconnected and incomplete. Oops.
My English teacher is constantly saying"Don't skip spaces between paragraphs!" I not really concerned about his preferences right now though because I enjoy the way it looks with gaps. Like my two front teeth. I'm off topic yet again though. I started this paragraph to move on to what I really came here to write about. "Tracing Back Tradition." Am I being sponsored by ancestry.com? Noooo. I am being sponsored by my parents.
Traditions are one of those things that don't necessarily have an origin. Somewhere down the line they developed. Whether your great aunts came up with the idea to deep fry the green beans at Thanksgiving or it took several generations to work out the kinks in your family's guidebook to traditional lobster boating, you usually don't know how the thought found its way into the brain. The brain is a crazy, mixed up, mashed and smashed, pasta salad of randomness. Every once in a while you have a breakthrough and win a noble peace prize but more often than not you're just proud of yourself for figuring out that your pink shirt looks super-duper cute with your navy and floral skirt.
This post seems to have taken the shape of an eclectic pot of thoughts that are "Essentially Chloe". That worked perfectly! If I could I would pat myself on the back right now. Ha! I just made you all worry. Don't you fret, I am perfectly capable of patting myself on the back. Tell me if your family has any crazy traditions!
Let it snow(man)!
Love,
Chloe
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Winter Must Haves
Chloe
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Living Life
Living every day to the fullest is something that I have always liked to say. I haven't ever really taken that to heart as much as I am realizing I might want to. It is scary to think that I could be done in a split second without having experienced so many things. Thinking about things like this is depressing but I believe that it is something that everyone should realize.
Life can not be taken for granted. As humans we will go through things that will forever be altering our personal outlooks on life. I hope that I will always be enabled to take my tough and intolerable times and grow from them. More than that though, I want to be able to live. Live a life of my own. My rules, my happiness.
Hope that was slightly inspiring,
Chloe