sun dogs.

brandi norwood-blythe, by tim barber.  the colours are amazing.

looks like yaya and i are headed on a whirlwind european tour..  hopefully we'll get some sunshine as nice as this while we're galavanting about!  xx

things i'm super feeling right now, and have been for a while:

• not tweezing my eyebrows
• leather 
• black black black
• lots of eyeliner
• things i could quite possibly put together myself on my sewing machine
• aviators
• jayne, ivania and columbine

you guys may have noticed that i've switched up my photo format.  i was a bit behind the times with my site aesthetic, seeing as i pretty much just use this as a digital inspiration board.  luckily, my friend's sister (who is, hands-down, the dopest 17 year old alive) gave me the heads up told me to get my shit together.  thanks, lou.

so fuck it, it's fall.

it's like, we tried, but summer only really happened for like, 3 and a half weeks.

whatevs. couple big trips back east planned over the next couple of months. should be rad. can't wait to see the friends and fam i never get to see, being all addicted to the west (i.e. best) coast as i am. also, i am going to shop the shit out of myself (in a very strategic way, just you wait).

totally going to make @culverpants give me this two-tone black mani within the next couple of weeks. too dope.

summer never really happened.

phil's in NYC right now.. i totally jealous.

the weather is so NOT summery this year. i am a bit bummed, but let's face it - fall rules. i am a jeans and boots kind of lady.

dust up.

land sakes! can it be the end of july already??

needs to buy my ass some creepers for fall.

smoke and mirrors.

sometimes i feel like i have a shroud over my head. and i can't see what's really going on. occasionally i get flashes. but for the most part, my eyes are shielded.

i've been running alot. michelle is going to give me a program so that i can start training for a half marathon this fall. i think i need this.

dust bunnies.

last weekend was pretty awesome, but with one exception. the good things that happened were as follows:

* the sun (finally!) came out on canada and warmed my bones
* i lounged with my friends and had lots of laughs
* we watched kids play and skate and ate greasy burgers
* my mom flew in from california and we had some awesome quality time
* i rode my bike a lot and went on lots of walks
* phil and i layed in the grass in the park next door and held hands

the one bummer thing that went down was that my girlfriends' house was robbed. they lost a lot of expensive and (upsettingly) sentimental things. it really sucked. i wish it hadn't have happened, but it did. the upside is, no one was physically hurt. just bruised feelings. we have our health.

made me reevaluate my attachment to material things. i am currently working on cleaning out my closets and shooing away the dust bunnies - going to get rid of the shit i don't need and work on cultivating a small and meaningful collection of what i want in my life. oh, and let's not forget - we're getting apartment insurance!

glad midsommer.

yaya is throwing a party for her man tomorrow. should be super fun. also, the cheaper show is tomorrow night and i will definitely need to put in an appearance, especially since our darling jessica basically put the entire thing together. i'm just excited that it's friday again, and it's the first weekend of summer.

when phil and i were in california i thought i would have gone crazy with the shopping, but really i didn't find too many things i was that stoked on. hopefully i can dig something lovely out of my closet to wear this weekend.