Half-steppin'

Yes so I was beginning my day as I do every day listening to "Can't Be Tamed" by Miley Cyrus, you know, my daily morning mantra...

Just Kidding.

Actually I woke up and played (yet again...) that new Kanye song thats been leaked. (Thanks bro.) What a raw piece of beat to charge yourself for the morning with right?

Anyway

as a joke on my brother I decided to follow up to "Power" with "Can't Be Tamed" (I'm actually still fairly impressed that is what they are using for the NBA Final commercials...)

and then I noticed how that Previous semi-circle link button was placed right at the spot where the rest of Rihanna (iloveyou)'s fabulous derriere was cut off.

Only I would probably notice anything like that, but I thought it was pretty funny/clever/amusing/befuddling... whether or not it was intentional. Everything usually is.

OH OH

speaking of fabulous ways to start your morning-- this chick is my ABSOLUTE (current) FAVORITE PERSON IN THE WORLD:

Things that came up today:

• once in a while, fries animal style
• the best song I've heard in a long time-- Kid Cudi - All Talk ft Chip Tha Rapper & Christian Bale (after the jump)
• LAMP at RSS
• a homemade chocolate chip cookie
• autotune is our way of life
• "finesse"
• "I feel ya creepin' I can see ya from your shadow" (after the jump)

I thought Vespas were cool

"My motorbike is a MOTOBECANE
50 CC 2 speeds (1939)"

Things that came up today:

• Kanye West fresh off the track YUM
• water gun
• is it the end of the world and how should we live it
• laundry cart
• "Beat LA"
• bp

I don't wear halter tops

but can someone that does BUY THIS DRESS PLEASE?!

I just think it is so cute-- and so much potential. Please don't let it go to waaaste.

KIMCHI BLUE MARILYN DRESS

$39.99(was $58.00) at Urban outfitters

I do however-- do plenty of headwear. I'm diggin this interesting wrap-- gonna start workin' it after I get mine and learn how to get it the heck like this...

I swear there was something else I was inspired to enact but I can't remember. Will remember soon.

I realize that on the header info thing I have atop the most recent posts, I have a "what I'm listening to" mention.

I realize this is highly irrelevant because I'm not that much of a music enthusiast. I'm rarely listening to music and if I am, it's one song that I'll repeat for at least a week on end-- which I'll just list on the side panel under current fixes.

What WOULD probably be more relevant for me to update on the "what" is "what nail color I'm sporting"-- because that changes much much more often than the songs I listen to hahah. You all know this.

Anyway. I can't remember the name of what I'm wearing but it's by Milani (I'll figure it out soon)-- layered over a basic white and it looks like this (but cooler):

(that's rumi from fashiontoast btw). What she's putting on is "jizz" (wonderful) by bleachblack. that costs 12 something at needsupply.

Let me save you some money for lunch.

Just get some Revlon "White On White" (it's just white nailpolish no trippin) and then go over it with the Milani "Dreamy Cream" (I remembered) ...

It pretty much looks like that jizz genius stuff though after you've layered it

Yup and then wala you are dooone.

Next thing I would like to say.

"I transcend awkwardness"

hahaha that is not the actual next thing I would like to say. That is just what I happened to say to someone who I've been having random fbchat/text encounters with to ease his worries that we weren't at an "awkward" stage in our relationship. he liked it. i do too.

"whats it"

thats another thing i said that we both found amusing.

But what I really wanted to say-

Some recent style blogger mentioned something about what her closet essentials were. Black skinnies, white button-down, blah blah... (no offense but were black skinnies "essential" back when "flares" were "in"? A classic isn't a classic unless it's a classic. --You can quote me on that. But whatever. Essential nows I guess is what she meant.)

My closet essentials? Here's one.

A feather headdress.

The necessity became obvious to me after Rihanna's "Disturbia" video:

To me essentiality doesn't need to equate practicality. It's essential if it always magically makes you feel good. This does. And if you can work it anywhere. You can.

Casual:

Chic:

Casual:

Chic:

Get it??

I got really excited when they appeard in the element spring 2010 lookbook:

assuming that they would actually be available for sale... I was painfully disappointed.

Anyway. You should get one.

Things that came up today:

• This video still I made of Sutan from ANTM that I found while looking up these pictures on my hard drive. He's working this hat I've been searching for decades for. I need to meet a hatmaker. Any takers..?
• This awesome fiddler cap by Brixton that I cannot wait to get in the maiiiiiil

Sweat baby sweat

A lot of SHIT has been going down in my life recently.

Yet, I am the least bit upset. I wanted to share why that is, and maybe everyone else can find that strength. The strength to

a. not sweat the small stuff

b. turn it all into small stuff

c. embrace a little sweat

I ended up writing a poem, which I realize isn't the best way for me to really SHARE anything, because I am absolutely in love with writing convoluted poems. but I do think this came out much louder and clearer than usual.

what if i'm the only one that even thinks my poems are cryptic... anyways,

from the mountain top.

from the mountain top

there is one way left to go

down to "death valley"

and reap what you have sowed

in this place between two mountains

in the lowest of the lands

yields the fullest harvest

if that's conviction in your hands

if that's reflection in your sweatdrops

and a lesson in the stains

then thats wisdom in the wheatfields

and promise on the plains

and harvest was but a moment

of just fruits and germination

even the weeds you sowed will feed you now

as you make your greatest ascension

Things that came up today:

• a poodle
• a best friend
• a flirt
• an invitation

just kidding

we're back to formafunct.blogspot.com

reverse reverse

is actually supposed to be a reference to the "cha-cha slide" song-- who's with me!

anyway what i meant to say was

inverse inverse!

as i go in and out of phases-- photography, to graphite, back to photography, to oils... etc etc

this can happen within mediums too.

during one of my photog phases i was obsessed with cross-processing post processing.

now i've met someone new.

THE INVERSION

i love it.

I'd have to thank the girls over at BLEACHBLACK for the inspiration:

i can't wait to inverse color!!

not to mention

i would love to own those shoes.

Things that came up today:

• The Break Up (movie)
• Chinese omelette (yum)
• Eamon - "(Fuck It) I Don't Want You Back" (after the jump)
• sleep
• a craving for red bean topping at YogurtLand
• Boston, Massachusetts
• wedding photography
• Chicago, Illinois
• more sleep.

we have moved!

and are still to be unconventially yummy at

http://unconventional-yum.blogspot.com