Project Runway

Wouldn't ya know they'd do an eco show. I was complaining last week about their over-use of plastic bags when they could've easily used canvas totes and this week it's all about "green" fabrics. Touché Project Runway! You remain my favorite show on television ....but shhhh! don't tell gossip girl.

Annuale - Once a year

Thanks Kell!

gossip girl...shhhhh

okay, why have I JUST started watching this show? I feel like I have to go back and watch it from the beginning now -or not. I may be too old for it but um, it's totally good.

Avoidance: My Closet

Ugh. I've been avoiding cleaning out my closet and reorganizing it for ages now. Not a day goes by that I don't step partially into it {because that's as far as the door will open and room to permit me to stand} and think "omg I need to go through my shit!" ...and I turn around and walk {step} out and turn off the light.

Here's the thing, I'm kind of obsessed with organization, especially in my closets. My husband informed me the other day that "I like order" ...and he is right! Everything has it's place but not in that anal way, more in a way that makes it look like a STORE. *sigh* I love it. I'm positive it's my mother's influence and ya know what, I don't think it's a bad thing. In fact, I quite enjoy it. But sometimes I just let it go. I get a case of the "fuck-its" and avoidance kicks in hard.

I've concluded that there are more than just one or even two reasons why I am avoiding this project that I once would have jumped upon.

could it be:(?)

1. just lazy
2. I have outgrown my closet considerably. I have clothes hanging on the door of it, on the pull-up bar in the hallway, behind the office door (clothes I had planned on selling on ebay -um, over a year ago) They're everywhere. I hate it.
3. I keep thinking we are going to move soon so why bother now?
4. I will have to try all my clothes on and I don't think I'm ready to face the ones that may not fit right any more. {and by right I mean at all} scary.
5. that #4 is probably right
6. I also keep thinking that by some miracle I may get pregnant soon and that may change my decision on what to keep and what to give away.
7. It is going to make me want to go shopping in a bad way :)
8. Maybe a little bit of everything.

It's driving me bananas though. I can't work with clutter. I feel like I need a clean space to work on or else my creativity is lost. The same goes for the closet. I get in a rut of wearing the same outfits to work because - well, I know they work and it's easy. But then I think ah f*ck it!

The Dark Knight {The Bat Man}

How many people played hooky from work today to go see "The Dark Knight"?

My husband was checking the ArcLight this morning to pre-purchase a ticket (and seat) for today and the 9am showing (in Sherman Oaks anyway) was SOLD OUT. SOLD OUT AT NINE AM? WHAT?
That is just crazy talk.

I may be one of the only few who doesn't care enough to see it in the theater. I'm waiting for DVD, but I'm not a huge fan of going to the movies. It's much like sitting in an airplane for me, which is not on the top of my list either. Saying that, there are three movies I am dying to see. And they are as follows:

Step Brothers July 25



Pineapple Express August 8



Tropic Thunder August 13



Unfortunately or FORTUNATELY, I will be dying with laughter at these three above mentioned movies {because I am dying now just watching the trailers} which embarrasses my husband to no end {I can't help it} ...unless we sit next to the Gospel Church goers, for we can assume that they will be louder than I. {but just barely ;)}

Blazers

So a couple weeks ago I went to a local thrift shop that I used to frequent and found a RADICAL {and silly - but I like clothes with a sense of humor} light purple blazer that just so happen to have the original Nordstrom tag on it. It was priced at $34 and when I went up to the register I mentioned it's high price to the 100 year old cashier who takes her job too seriously and she said {in your best granny voice} "Well, it's brand new" I quipped back "Brand new from 1987!" - and she gave me the evil eye. I bought it anyway along with a couple others which I am really excited about and the little shop donates all proceeds to cancer research so it's a write-off :)

Anyway, I wore it a couple weeks ago when we went out to Firefly for Chad's birthday over a little black bubble mini and LOVED IT. Yesterday my husband informed me that it was horrendous. I told him he didn't know fashion.

I just found this photo of Rihanna from a photoshoot with InStyle Magazine on this blog and the outfit is almost identical to mine. {but the background is not nearly as cool}

hers...


mine...

Project Runway ...f*ck yeah!

Omg can I tell you how excited I am for the new season of Project Runway? Really excited. ... more to come

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The show was good. However, after they got their first challenge and went running through the grocery store to pick up whatever materials they were going to use to make their garment, they all came streaming out of the store gripping bunches of yellow plastic bags. I kind of honed in on this for a while because what a perfect opportunity for Project Runway to show that they are doing something for the environment by using canvas tote bags instead of creating more waste with plastic. Not to mention all the waste that came from the materials they used.









Who can take this guy seriously? Seriously.

I'm excited for the contestants. I think some of them have great potential. I loved the cup dress, and the yellow kimono dress with the veggie neckline. I LOVED the print the bleach made on the vacuum cleaner bags but I wish she would have used more for the top instead of coffee filters.

SPOILER ALERT. I think the leather lady should have gone home. At least the guy who created the horror film outfit had creative potential.

Sitcom Neighbor @ The Derby

It's an unusually busy week for us!

Last night we headed to The Derby to check out my uncle's band Sitcom Neighbor and they were awesome! It's so great to see my uncle wailing on the drums. We're a very musical family. My grandpa and two uncles are drummers and my late grandma and her sister were singers. {more on this later}

Of course, it's always nice to hang out with the fam and since my best friend just happens to be my cousin - who is really more like a sister, family get-togethers are more fun. Kelly's {actual} sister, Kristie and her man Walter are a hoot too. {yes, I just said hoot}

Here's some pics...





me & kell & pep's hand {asS usual} - nice gums maeg!

kris & walter

kell & pep {ahahahah}

my uncle kelly "the drummer" - how cute is he?
Amy, Kell's friend from UCSB was there too...that's her purse but I don't have a pic of her

awesomeness

the end


...okay, I lied. I just found this pic of our family on Kell's blog and I had to steal it. The "rocker" top left is uncle Kelly. My mom is the blonde on the top right and then my dad is left of her holding my bro. Kell is in pink with bangs on the bottom right, then her sis, Kris, then me with the shiny grey, then our grandma Masumi and Corey, Danny and Cherie's daughter(the couple in between my parents and uncle Kelly). note* cousin Kelley & (her dad) uncle Kelly have the same name :)

My brother looks about 1 or 2 so this must be like 1984 I'm guessing. I could also make a guess based on Kristie's hair. She had some RADICAL do's in the 80's, no joke!

teeth are weird

I mean, they're your bones. sticking out. if they were sticking out anywhere else on your body, people would be freaking out about it. but no. no one freaks out about teeth. well, I guess when you first get them as a baby, people freak out. but then, after they've all fallen out and replaced themselves with bigger versions, no one thinks twice about the bones sticking out.

except about how white they are. ...and how much they cost when they break. weird