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2010-05-23T01:02:00.006-04:00

Inspiration du Jour

2009-05-25T20:56:00.003-04:00

I've been really craving some inspiration lately. Like really. But then again I'm constantly on the lookout for something new to amaze me whether it be a new place, new music, or new designs. Luckily, I stumbled upon a site called Beehance. I might be a little late on that bandwagon, but if I hadn't gotten there yet I'm sure there are others.
And that's where I found today's INSPIRATION DU JOUUURR!!!
These two artists blow my mind. I've been interested in embroidery lately - but not that of your grandmother. Something new. And Urban Carpet from "instanthutong's" portfolio gets the job done and then some. I want to wrap my life in it. AND it's embroidered by hand. I give up.

see all the photos and lovely story behind the work here:
instanthutong

The next little deal that I'd like to share is the work of Nicolás Cuestas, also via Beehance. I've always been interested in glass and mirrors as a medium for fine art, but I could never imagine anything like this. The work is stunning and executed with top quality craftsmanship. His work is drowning in a sea of amazing.

see more here, and be sure to check out the rest of his portfolio - jealouuus:
Nicolás Cuestas

A time for change

2009-05-19T21:03:00.002-04:00

I decided I'm going to change this blog. Not that anyone reads it. But thats mostly because its made up of my stupid ranting and endless dreams. So I'm changing things up a bit. Instead of ranting and dreaming endlessly about "me me me", I'm going to rant and dream about fashion, music and art. That's what I do, anyway. So I might as well make that the focus of this itty bitty blog. It will be my own little collection of shit from across the intranet. Do what you will with it.

Round and Round We Go

2009-03-19T18:19:00.005-04:00

So, to my great surprise, I was accepted into the Lacoste off-campus program for this summer. It's seriously the best news I've had in the 11 years I've been waiting to return to Europe.
All I have to do is buy my ticket, pay the deposit, and wait!
...or so I thought.
[Rant alert]
I have recently acquired yet another reason to abhor SCAD. Turns out, that I wasted a few thousand dollars taking a class last quarter that I was never even required to take. A class that I LOATHE and never would have taken had I not been wrongfully advised to do so. Not only did I waste money, but I put myself through misery for 10 weeks attempting to deal with this class and do better than I ever possibly could, which I did. Yet all for NOTHING... because one project was turned in one class late (which I only did because I was trying to meet the expectations that she had personally given me, which turns out was a crock of shit since turns out I did way more work than anyone else had), and while the teacher wanted to give me a 0, I convinced her to fail me with a 50. So basically, rather than an A, I got a C in that class - which in turn makes me have to either retake that class or chose another to retake. If I don't I delay graduations for yet another year.
So fuck it.
Yet here I am, with a lower GPA, more debt, on the brink of having to attend college one more year which will cause me to accrue MORE DEBT, and near having to sacrifice my chance to return to Europe after all these years. Not only that but I have no money, a broken window that keeps getting broken into, no possibility of getting a job anytime soon since I have to ace all of my classes next quarter, and nearly nothing to show for it since 10 weeks per quarter leaves you no time to build a decent portfolio.

I'm hating life right now.
End of rant.

I hate waiting

2009-02-28T00:46:00.002-05:00

Ughhhhh like nothing else. I hate waiting. Especially for something I really want - like finding out if I'm going to be living in France this summer. I've tried so hard for this for so long. I'm scared that I've built myself up for either the biggest triumph or the greatest let-down in my life. I truly don't know which one to prepare for - I know they always say "hope for the best but prepare for the worst", but my heart keeps wanting to prepare for good news while my mind keeps telling me to prepare to be disappointed. And I'm scared of being disappointed. I'm scared because I've hoped for this for the better part of my life, and I almost feel like it's all the hope I have left. I think next to love, hope is probably one of the strongest emotions we have. Oscar Wilde said, "Death of a heart: it's the ugliest death there is." Well, what then of the death of hope? I've lived without love, but in its absence always had hope. And I think one could live without hope, so long as they had love. The death of either seems to be mildly bearable if there is the other to hang on to.

I'm babbling. But my point is that I'm scared that should I lose this hope, I'll be without both... and it might get ugly.

So, I'm waiting, with my fingers crossed.

My car was broken into this last weekend. It was the icing on the cake of one of the most spectacular nights I've had in a long time.
I was in New Orleans so I consider the incident an offering to the Mardi Gras gods. I began that day with some King Cake for breakfast, a stroll around the Quarter, a bit of shopping on Magazine and Decatur, then ate dinner at the Gumbo Shop near Jackson Square - MMM! HEAVEN! So, when the sun was setting I went old school and headed to the Hilton by the river to meet with my sisters and "get it ready, ready" for the BACCHUS BALL!!!! WOOOP WOOP! Ladies were lookin HOT! I CAUGHT SO MUCH STUFF IT WAS RIDICULOUS! (No boobie flashing necessary - that's for tourists anyway) We snuck in past security guards in the back door with the drink delivery guy so I could get in with my short dress (never allowed at these things), and were yelled at for walking in front of the floats lol! We had the best spot in the middle and had our own table right up on the edge of the "street". So, I probably drank too much, but um, the name of the parade is "Bacchus", after all. When the parade was over everything within 10 feet was covered in the best beads and all the stuffed animals I kept catching, the band came on and thats when the party started. I took to the floor with my sisters and my red boa and started getting down 'nawlins style, ya herd. I'm still sore from dancing.
So it was somewhere between then and now that I lost all the stuff I recently got from Lancome, had my car broken into, forgot all my stuff at my dads (aka clothes, phone charger, shoes, etc), and got the biggest bruises on my legs I've seen in a long time. Call me crazy but I'd give up these things any day to re-live the time I had this past weekend.

Now, all I need is some funding for school. So I'm gonna get back to finger-crossing and praying. Feel free to join in.

Boys and Girls Can Kiss

2009-02-02T23:25:00.014-05:00

Seek to learn well that there is much you do not know and take pleasure in it.
Read that carefully.
And that is my thought for the day. :)

Groove Armada:

PB&J:

BPA & Iggy Pop:

Well well well...!

2009-01-28T15:09:00.002-05:00

Look who's back! It's been a while, I know. That's what happens when you're me. Things come up, things get pushed back, things happen...or don't happen...
To update, I no longer work at Urban Outfitters, but so what? I live in Atlanta now, and anyhow I got what I needed from them - a few paychecks, some friends, and some cute clothes for outrageously cheap prices.
Things are better here. I now realize I'm meant to live in the city for sure. Maybe that will change when I'm old and decrepit but that's not for some time...I hope? Et plus, mon tentative pour apprendre le francais va tres bien. J'espere que je vais voyager a france cet ete. We'll see... :)
Despite how right things seem to be going right now, my debt is ever-increasing thanks to SCAD, and once again I'm not doing so hot this quarter. Since I'm on academic probation due to last quarters harrowing events, I need to do something about this. I figured that something will be sucking it up. I hate fashion sketching, and I know I'm bad at it (not bad, but you know..) but I'm going to do it anyway. Just do it. I hate math, but who around here doesn't. I hate traffic but I can't do anything about that either. What I can do is fill out my application to Lacoste for this summer, look out for cheap plane tickets over there, and continue to make some bad ass art when I can.... Also, I decided that I'll start getting serious about making a proper resume and portfolio. I mean, I guess it's necessary... ;)

Well, enough of that. I hate boring people with my mundane life. So I'll spice things up how I usually do - with some music.

Ok, so I'm back.
Later.
xo

I'm so gonna do this....

2008-10-19T20:31:00.006-04:00

Who's poor?!!! I'm poor. I'm a starving art college student living with a bunny. I have maybe 8 bucks to spare for some groceries I'll get tomorrow - a loaf of bread and some turkey. But what to do for bunny?

It all started by thinking I should grow lettuce for my bunny to eat. I haven't given gardening even the tiniest consideration in my entire life. I was convinced that I don't have a 'green thumb' and I'll leave gardening to the gardeners and farming to the farmers. Then the power of YouTube reared its useful head. I ended up finding this :

Definitely a cool idea, though some things are a bit radical.
I just was surprised to find out how easy a small change like that could be and what a huge impact on your life it could have as well. I mean jeez food is expensive....

Anywho, you should really just Google/YouTube stuff about it yourself - the resources are endless. I feel kind of like an idiot for not realizing the awesome benefits of growing your own food before and especially how easy it could be. And don't think if you live in an apartment you're exempt from such an endeavor :

:)

Yahoo!!!!

2008-09-10T11:10:00.002-04:00

I woke up this morning to the best phone call ever! - I got the job at Urban Outfitters, YAHOO!! Drinks on me everybody!!!! Since this means I'll be practically required to dress amazingly in their clothes all of the time, I took the liberty of doing some early shopping on their website. Here's what I plan on wearing this fall :

Oh, and of course there will be more to come ;) Holla!

Muzik Time!¡!¡

2008-09-09T00:58:00.003-04:00

Okay, so because I'm a musiholic, here are some songs I have to share to help keep your music library F-R-E-S-H, so fresh! (one to shake your booty to, one to ride around to, and one to walk to...bon apetit)

i'm addicted to that sound. the louder, the better.

i can think of a million situations where this song would be appropriate.

funky. kinda creepy. random things moving to sweet beats. people, colors, constant change. I sort of feel like this represents my life in some crazy way. B-P

I couldn't wait :

2008-09-07T23:08:00.005-04:00

Meet Sookie...

Whoa.

2008-09-01T21:13:00.007-04:00

I've arrived in Greenville after nearly a year-long absence. The drive was phenomenal. Gustav provided the best skies I've seen in a long time, as well as crisp, clean, cool air as I neared my destination. Finally, riding windows down didn't feel like an obligation. I was greeted by my mom and her new boy, Mark. They're cute together, compliment each other and such, and it's good to see her happy. All she could do was talk about him when we were hanging out today. She showed me his business card - cooool?... I turn it over to see his name "Mark Fagan." She had told me he has daughters around my age, so I ask my mom their names. Dale is the first one to come out.
You see, when I first moved to Greenville in 5th grade I attended this hellhole of a school called Our Lady of the Rosary - there was nothing immaculate about it (or Greenville, in my eyes). Luckily, little fifth grade Brenna was befriended by none other than one Dale Fagan, who miraculously happened to be the only person around who didn't have one of those crazy southern accents. I'll never forget the time I had when I was invited to her house one time - we watched R-rated movieees, played in the woooods, and the highlight was when her dad, THE Mark Fagan, took us on a sweet car ride topping 100mph and getting negative g's when we went over "the bump". It was more than little Brenna could ever ask for. As far as I knew, this was the coolest family ever and thank god I had them to distract me from a sea of babbling rednecks. Unfortunately, after a short year in Greenville I returned home to New Orleans, and little Dale and little Brenna lost touch - though they never forgot one another. Needless to say, 10 or so years later, Mr. and Mrs. Fagan have split, and somehow my mom winds up with the speed racer, reuniting old friends and creating new ones. What the hell are the odds? Somebody tell me. I need figures because this shit is blowing my mind.
On another note, I had the best time with my sisters when they surprised me with a visit this past weekend. It really reminded me a.) why I'm proud to be from New Orleans, b.) dancing obnoxiously in cars and involving spectators is always a good thing, c.) if you wanna get drunk at 11am, then you freaking do it, and d.) trips to the beach at 4am are something to take advantage of. As for my sisters, I think they learned the hangover healing powers of Ibuprofen and Pepto Bismol, All in all, I hope we do it again sometime.

Quick note...

2008-08-29T18:20:00.002-04:00

I found out today that nothing cures a hangover better or makes you feel more American than witnessing a good ol' fashion high-speed car chase. I can now cross that off my list of things I want to do before I die.

Music (Videos) for Faye

2008-08-22T16:36:00.009-04:00

The consistent rainfall today creates this weird mood, somewhere in between energetic and completely mellow that I think is best descibed through music. Here's what I got...

(cheesy video, amazing song)

<3 booka shaaade [okay so maybe this doesn't fit in all that well. but it's awesomeness makes up for it.]
and moving onnn...

obvi.^ :P

While I do enjoy that song, I highly recommend "America's Boy" and "Corporeal" off of Tender Buttons. I'm surprised no one's done a video for those yet. :-\

And last but not least,

I'm glad someone made this...

2008-08-22T01:15:00.002-04:00

Maybe I'll see it when I get 2.99. :-/

15 Most Sexually Unappealing Porn Titles

2008-08-19T18:23:00.004-04:00

I like that someone actually had to do the research to put this together.

As for me, clearly I need to stop perusing the internet so much.
Nonetheless, it's good for a laugh...or 15.
[click on title]

Mm, crabs.

2008-08-19T16:53:00.002-04:00

Nerd alert!

2008-08-19T04:49:00.008-04:00

1/10th the State of New Mexico = All the Energy the US Needs using algae "bIoReAcToRs!" ...I say why the heck not.

Roses are so last year.

2008-08-17T16:00:00.004-04:00

The world’s tallest flower is the Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanium), about 10 feet (3 meters) tall fully-grown, also commonly referred to as the “corpse flower.” [from Life in the Fast Lane]

America's Future

2008-08-17T03:35:00.007-04:00

The two presidential candidates were interpreted graphically according the most frequent words used on their campaign blogs. Apparently it was first published in the Boston Globe, and now you can see it here. Enjoy.

Dreaming of the Future...

2008-08-14T23:58:00.011-04:00

I'm avoiding doing so many things right now in order to continue daydreaming. But hey, you have to know where you're going in order to get there, right? eh...here's to winning the lottery...

^Urban loft - France, England, Sweden, Holland maybe?

^My seaside villa : Cali, Upper east coast, Ireland, ...

^Welcome to my cozy retreat nestled in the German woodlands. Park your Audi S4 hatchback right in front and feel free to put your bike on the side there. When you're done in Bavaria go make yourself at home at my humble abode in the Swiss Alps (below). The bar is stocked and the floors are heated.

And finally...My Swedish Getaway - don't worry we're doing some interior re-decorating

This Project Runway sucks...

2008-08-13T23:59:00.006-04:00

Seriously, is there anything interesting about it? Besides Tim Gunn's grandiloquent vocabulary? I swear if they keep getting crops of designers like this I'm going to lose my chance by the time I graduate and then I'm going to have to get rich and famous "the old fashioned way". {sigh}

That aside, I just realized my birthday is in two months! Woo! Feel free to celebrate with me at the Renaissance festival in Charlotte where I'll be using the term "sausage wallet" in overabundance.

To the haters:

2008-08-13T19:52:00.002-04:00

mon nouvel appartement

2008-08-12T14:34:00.000-04:00

My bedroom - so cozy.
I'd show more but there's not too much to see, still moving in, you know. :)

Something for the kids...

2008-08-12T12:39:00.006-04:00

It's summertime, beaches are crowded, baseball is in season, and things like cola and ice cream are in order. To the kids with their parent's money to spend, I propose a new tasty treat to share with all of your friends :

(I saw this on a German guy's blog and couldn't resist reposting it here - thanks Henning ;)
Seriously, I'm kinda scared to try those.

Anyway, last night was freakin cool. I'm super glad Kelly's back. She made some awesome kabobs and I made cookies (the Nestle kind, old school, rolled that dough by hand, biotch). Watched some television, critiqued Project Runway reruns hardcore, then prepared ourselves for the big Perseid's meteor shower that was coming up. We decided it'd be a good idea to kill time and try to stay up by going downtown first. I suppose it was, suddenly it was 3am and time to start hittin the road. Right before we could get into the car we ran into Craft and his friend, Eric. Somehow we started dancing in the streets, and then somehow else I offered to take them along to the meteor shower. They decided to join the fun, we picked up Josh and some gas and then went off to Tybee.
On the way there I noticed that we might not be so lucky as the skies were getting a bit cloudy, but I didn't care much - we were too busy singing loudly. We got there and sure enough, there wasn't much to be seen. We went out on this dock and put our feet in the water, and OMG! Bioluminescence!! My favorite!!! Lol. Suddenly I turn into a little kid and stop giving a shit ab what anyone's saying and become fascinated with all of the glowing flecks that emit from my every move. I want to jump in so bad but hold back. Finally someone suggests jumping off the pier nearby and I don't hesitate to join, which is interesting considering I'm kinda scared of that water (never been in before) and pretty scared of heights. This, doesn't cross my mind until I'm standing ready to jump, unable to see anything but darkness below. It's too late to turn back, so I jump forward. Rising above the surface, my fear of this dark watery abyss is forgotten when I notice all the glowing trails coming from my limbs as I swim back to shore. Suddenly everyone's in on this, and we do a big group jump before we leave. On the way back, Aqueous Transmission by Incubus happens to be on the CD playing in my car - fitting for the situation in more ways than one. This spawns a whole Incubus blast from the past, with everyone in my packed out car belting lyrics on the top of their lungs to the empty highway at 6am.

I'm an alien in a UFO...

2008-08-02T21:06:00.001-04:00

If only you knew how amazing this sounds now that I finally got my sub box fixed B-) (that's me wearing shades while listening to that song)

Anywho, after the craziness of the past couple of weeks, it's finally chilling out.
I dropped both my classes for the summer and that was a huge weight off me. I finally started sleeping again at night after like 5 days of freaking insomnia. Perhaps what also helped to alleviate all that semi-depression was this movie "The Diving Belle and the Butterfly" or "Le Scaphandre et le papillon". It's the true story of Elle (France) director Jean-Dominique Bauby who suffers a severely crippling stroke at 42. He's left completely paralyzed, with the exception of his left eye which he begins learning to use to communicate to those around him. I know, sounds weird, but somehow seeing that made my problems seem juvenile. On a different note, let me just say that if there's anyone out there who maybe hasn't had a good, long cry in a while, indulge yourself in this tear-fest of a flick. You won't mind shedding a single tear... this movie's so beautiful. I'm not really sure why it didn't win more awards and why I didn't know about it sooner...{sigh} whatcha gonna do...

In other news, the other weekend I went on an impulsive day trip to Hilton Head with Austin, good times. We played the "my uncle is buying me a car for my graduation present so I have to tell him what I want" card and shopped for Porches and Range Rovers. Favorites were the Carrera S in the brown color and the Range Rover Wesminster edition - what whaat! Check em out. Anyway, on the way back I hit an armadillo and it was the scariest moment of my life. It didn't help any when I had to re-live the incident the next day when I went to my car which smelled like poo and had flies circling it like it was their job. Needless to say, Austin's got bigger cojones than I do and I owe her big time for ridding my car of that filth.

Actually, I owe Austin double big time for helping me move all my shit into my new apartment last night!! Woo woo! I love it. I'll have pictures soon because it's too adorable not to let you see.
(just like my future pet, )

Toodles for now, enjoy the song, and to update, no I don't have skin cancer.

-bs

To : Dez'mon

2008-07-29T14:36:00.000-04:00

Cyber head. lol.

For real though...

There is a season....

2008-07-28T19:40:00.000-04:00

..Turn, turn, turn.
This season is spinning out of control. These past 20 days have been quite the "roller coaster", if you will. (Lol, I hate that expression) Anywho, to sum it up quickly :

I visited my family in Charlotte where I got to teach my nephew about the importance of throwing your trash away, how to spell, about fireflies and catching them, and that the word for that smoke in the air is "fog" not "fuck"
I haven't been drinking since that visit really
I've quit smoking
I got a new looovely tattoo
I finally got my computer fixed
I'm moving
I'm about to drop some classes here and postpone my graduation date in order to do assure that I'll make the most bomb ass senior collection you've eva seen
I might have skin cancer (more on that in a week or so...)
I got a crazy Quasimodo disease last week (now better, and all signs of Quasimodo have disappeared, thank you)

I think that's it? I'm sure I'm leaving something out, but what's the difference.

I haven't been sleeping the past 3 nights with so much on my mind and it's starting to get to me. As if the psychological repercussions would be what annoys me the most about this, truly what gets to me is the thought of my glorious bed not getting the use it deserves. I mean, truly, what a waste of a lusciously comfortable feather bed.... {sigh...} Anyway, sleepless nights are what sunrises and French podcasts are for - boo yah.

Thank god I'll be enjoying a little break here in a bit, relaxing in a quaint new apartment 4 blocks closer to the river where the spoils of internet and television will surely help pacify life's little squabbles.
Until then, this will surely do :

;)

First Post : Full of BS

2008-07-06T13:48:00.000-04:00

Yep, that's my name. I know BS like no one does. It's 2pm and I've been up since 7am. I haven't done BS all weekend, except work on mon français un petit peu. It's my new thing... trilingual is the new black. It's like razor blades these days - one isn't enough.
[On a side note, I'd like to point out that for the greater good I'm retiring the phrase "these days." So, from this point on should I ever utter those words again, feel free to throw some Polident or some Depends at me and yell something I'll never forget.]

Anywho I have less than 24 hours to do an entire project, so I'm outskies. However I can't go without posting my new obsession... (in case you're wondering it's an old, awesome french song and made an appearance on the film Paris, Je T'aime that if you haven't seen by now, well you should probably keep that to yourself.)