New Years Eve

It has been raining like mad here.

We are under a tornado warning for a bit.

I'm temporarily alone, getting ready to go hang out with Alec and prevent the water leakage in his basement.

I finished Water For Elephants, what a wonderful story.

I've got a few resolutions and the biggest one is to feel good about my self, to not fall into that pit of depression and stagnation. To be engaged in my own future to the best of my ability.

And most importantly, to laugh at myself and to look at myself in an unflinching way, so that I can continue to grow and develop as an individual.

Other Resolutions:

*Delve more into my camera

*Slim down (which should happen now that i've switched BC, but it might take a few months still)

* Read 60 books, I read 53 this past year!

* Plant some trees

*Start a compost pile

* Make two barn owl boxes

*Recycle whenever possible

* Gut my room

Fashion to the left

$64.00

$92.00 for top and bottom.

New skates

This was how they looked when I got them and put my new bat laces in.

Yesterday I wore them for the first time and they SUCKED, of course.

At least by the time scrimmage came around they were better!

I'm still going to spray paint something on the outer sides, and I had to switch up my laces for better maneuverability.

I ended up switching out the wheels for my sugars.

I initially put sugars as pushers but the wheels it came with are X-tra Firm, so there was a lot of conflict between the grippy-ness of the sugars and the slick-ness of my new wheels.

So i'm going to wait to try out the new wheels until i've got these new skates in check.

New skates feel so strange...

I'm so excited about them though!

Denni - the Chic Muse - Paris

Li Han - Palais de Tokyo - Paris

" ... My name is Li Han. I study Fashion in Paris.
For me Fashion is a way of Life. Today my look
has a japanese touch. I love to eat and study Fashion.
I hate to be alone in daily life. My message to the world:
Do your best ! ..."



I wear a jacket designed by myself
Hat by H&M
All the rest of my outfit from Hong Kong
My bag is a gift from my mother
Perfume by D

Blouson Noir Girl - Paris

Dans les années 60, les "Blousons Noirs" désignaient des "Bandes de Voyous"
qui aimaient bien se battre avec des chaînes de vélos, le soir dans les environs
de Pigalle ou de la Bastille ... Aujourd'hui, c'est un classique des garde-robes
pour les filles comme pour les garçons. Le problème est surtout de trouver
le modèle qui vous convient fait d'un cuir de bonne qualité, à un prix abordable,
quelle que soit la marque ...

Red Beret Lady - Paris

The beret is a french symbol even wears by a japanese girl ...

Christmas Day

Christmas Eve

I spent Christmas eve with Alec and his family.

We built a snowman, and Alec got some good photos of my new hair.

I got my hair done the other day, it is inspired by the colors you'd find on a Barn Owl.

She colored the grays over the red so it is still subtle but THERE.

Alec took some awesome photos!

(Yes my face is pretty stupid, i'm pretty sure snow got in my eye...)

I'm crouched on the left, in case if you couldn't tell. Alec's dad is behind the snow man and his little sister is to the right.

Christmas Day

So i'm going to my aunt's house later, the first time i've seen her this frequently in years.

Her and my mom got into a big fight when I was about 12, so I've only seen her at funeral's briefly since then. Up until this past Thanksgiving when they finally made up.

It is nice to see everyone again though.

I wore my munsters shirt over a black thermal sweater, a black skirt, black tights with holes, black and red striped socks and my new winklepickers.

OH did I not mention that I found these ALMOST PERFECT WINKLEPICKERS at Target the other day?!

Pretty great, eh? I found them on the clearance rack in my size for under 25$.

I love clearance shoes!

Goodies

I got a leather kindle case coming for my Kindle, and my mom bought me a laptop case with white circle outlined dots on black.

Alec got me my kindle, remember?, and a 50$ gift card.

Alec's mom got me a 15$ kindle giftcard.

My dad gave me 100$.

My grandma gave me 20$.

My step dad's mom sent me 50$.

All in all, not bad.

Mlle Haruka - Palais de Tokyo - Paris

J'ai croisé 2 fois Mlle Haruka (voir la photo ci-dessous).
Elle est étudiante en Mode et en français à la "Japan Woman University".
Ses efforts pour écrire en français sur son "Palais de chaillot" sont très touchants,
même si son style est assez particulier. J'aime le côté énigmatique
qui se dégage de certaines jeunes femmes japonaises.

New Years Resolution

*Plant three trees.
*Three nesting boxes. (two at grandma's, one at my house)
http://www.barnowltrust.org.uk/content_images/pdf/Nestboxes_for_use_on_Trees_2.pdf
*Take an animal rehabilitation class.
*Exercise two days a week outside of practice, for 30 minutes.
*Take Internship at Lakeview.

Uliana Sergienko - Les Tuileries - Paris

Uliana Sergienko, toujours d'une élégance extrême,
est très appréciée des photographes de la Fashion Week
(quand elle est de bonne humeur).
Mes photos précédentes d'elle figurent sur des dizaines de blogs
de mode qui ne créditent jamais mes photos et ne demandent
jamais mon autorisation pour les publier. C'est vraiment
désagréable.



Elle porte ici un superbe "Leica M7" en édition limitée
comme un accessoire de Mode ...

Pink Umbrella Girl - Place Vendôme - Paris

The Twins - Rue de Rivoli - Paris

J'ai croisé ces jeunes filles pendant la dernière semaine de la Mode.
Elles se sont engouffrées dans l'Hôtel Meurice. Ils me semblent qu'elles
sont originaires de Syrie. Mais je n'en suis pas sûr ...
Les jumeaux fascinent toujours les photographes avec cette mise en abîme
étrange ...

Patterns

Here are some patterns i'm thinking of getting/using/modifying.

McCall Pattern $9.57 M4090

Butterick Pattern $4.50 B4254

I like this photo, I love her hair and her shoes.

I might have to buy those shoes sometime...they look like flat docs, or flat men's shoes.

Hmmm... I would like to find them. I dislike a lot of heel on my shoes.

Music

Bands I found today that are pretty rockin'

Asmodi Bizarr

-The lead vocalist has a slight Siouxsie Sioux feel to her voice.

Novocaine Mausoleum

*I lied, I knew about these guys a couple years back, but I still like them.

Too bad they aren't together anymore.

Screaming Marionettes

Hair Cut??

So, I know I want to incorporate another bold color in my hair, but the color is somewhat impacted by the cut I get.

I've been thinking of getting black done, because I can adjust the red to any color throughout next year and it won't clash.

Maybe purple, i've seen a lot of red and purple that looks good together...

So here are some cut ideas:

Without the bangs over one eye, instead side bangs.

Color Combinations:

Except red instead of blonde.

Maybe more blonde in front, and an intense red.

Winter Vacation

So, my last day of class was last Wednesday, which was pretty great.

Being on vacation has been awesome.

I've got a list of things to accomplish before I go back to class, January 18th.

The draft test is January 11th, so hopefully i'll be drafted around the time I go back to school.

*I get my tattoo January 11th.

*I've gotta make a corset or two. I'll be sure to post the process and finished product.

*Finish/make a lot of art.

*Finish cleaning my room, finally.

*Read a ton of books.

*Go see a play or two.

*Go to a few art openings.

*Go to the Apollo Theatre whenever possible.

*I want to start making cheap healthy food, regularly. I'm going to start looking up and saving recipes.

*I would like to knit myself a few basic items.

*I need to fix the buttons on my new coat, sew my back patch onto it, and sew a few more patches on to things.

*I would like to update my prescription on my glasses.

*I need to get: a new mouthguard, a glass palette etc.

*I'd like to start stretching my ears again, I don't know what size each one is anymore (I had to put random rings in because I couldn't find some of them).

*Next Monday I am meeting with my doctor to go over changing my BC, so I should start loosing a lot of my water weight from the Shot.

*Next Wednesday, i'm going back to my hairstylist so I am getting my hair changed up a bit.

*I really want to be part of this Old Capitol City Roller Girls Open Scrimmage

PUSH Christmas Party

I helped to decorate, we decided to go for a tacky theme.
We had small colored trees for each team and then a team colored one for the undrafted.

We had a TON of food.

Then we went to awards, in which I WON--v

Pretty awesome, eh?

Then we moved on to our secret santa gifts, I was Skye Scraper's secret santa.

Champ was mine,

She got me: Cool derby socks, fishnets, and another pair of cool derby socks with vampire teeth on them. Loved it!

For the white elephant I ended up with:

I chose it, because it seemed to be the most practical.

I didn't want someone else's useless crap, clogging up all my useless crap that I still need to get rid of! So I chose something that will be used.

Fifi, our president, made all of us these great ornaments.

Silence of the Jams Bout Photos!

I'm performing a chokehold, and I don't know why!

Actually, it only LOOKS like a chokehold, really i'm maneuvering around her all expert-like.

I am pretty sure it landed me in the penalty box though.

Yanique - Rue Scribe - Paris

" ... My name is Yanique.
I work in E-Marketing.
For me Fashion plays a huge role in Self-Expression.
Today, my look is very rushed, kind of cow-boy or
something, but not planed ...
I love Food in Paris. I just discovered "Chocolate Religieuse"
and it's now my religion ! I hate parisian people when they are not
open sometimes. My message to the world: Relax and think
about the present ..."



I wear a Trench & Boots vintage.
My jeans are from Cheap Monday.
Bracelets from indian neighbourhood in Paris.
Hat from H&M men's department
Watch by Michaël Kors
Perfume by Lolita Lempicka.