things to love in lafayette

writing vs living

Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:56:00 -0400

sux. pretty much doing nothing but trying to get this diss done. feeling pretty depressed and lifeless, but i’ve got a draft due thursday, so i think i’ll be back on the life wagon soon. until then, i’ve started saying these things to myself in the shower (which is sort of my time of reflection):

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i can be a good person

i can make beautiful things

i am free

i really am free

this life is my choice and i choose it every day

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kind of depressing, but it’s keeping me going. things still are beautiful, you know. i’m just not seeing much of that right now. but beauty and i will be back together soon, i can feel it.

<3 <3 <3

"A philosopher says it is our greatest crime, to ignore the beauty of the world."

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 03:17:12 -0500

“A philosopher says it is our greatest crime, to ignore the beauty of the world.”

- Iris Murdoch, The Italian Girl

We turn it up.

Thu, 24 Feb 2011 02:03:12 -0500

We turn it up.

PREP, BABY, PREP

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:58:00 -0500

I’ve recently started to consider my spring look (as the days have been substantially warmer and less snow-blighted), and am feeling pretty smitten with a kind of punkified preppy vibe. I think I’ll aim for a sort of mashup between my current menswear interests and my penchant for 60s style shift dresses. If I had cash $$$, I imagine that my ultimate daydream wardrobe for spring might go something like this:

Soft blue jeans with a rolled up cuff +

a varsity jacket:

avec old school dude’s signet ring:

plus some black liquid eyeliner, ponytail, more visible tattoos, and a handsome ss:

Would also love to do something to unsweet the altogether too palm beachy vibe of miss lily pulitzer. I mean, who doesn’t love a cheeky print or darling white dress with ruffles? All these need is a little kick in the ass dose of artsy sensibility. But it’s closing in on 4am in lovely Lafayette, so I’ll leave the sartorial brainstorming to those artsy sensibilities awake on the West Coast.

PIZZA DAYDREAMS

Sat, 19 Feb 2011 15:36:30 -0500

Ok, part of learning to love Lafayette means not letting myself feel trapped here. The result is lots of plans n daydreams, many of which involve food. So next time I’m in Phoenix, I plan to drag the parents to Pizzeria Bianco, which looks both delicious and chic. And my most favorite kind of chic at that — minimalist, comfortable, a combination of rustic and high tech. Wood fired oven, a huge outdoor picnic table, and little string lights? Please. I’m sold.

Until the horizon is closer, we have Paul Price to inspire us....

Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:42:00 -0500

Until the horizon is closer, we have Paul Price to inspire us. Chin up!

(paul price blog)

(keep calm blog)

Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:21:00 -0500

(keep calm blog)

THE LITTLE LUXURIES

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:31:00 -0500

I’ve got the midwestern winter sads, y’all. So I’ve decided to create a little internet space to document the things/peoples/recipes/local lovelinesses that are keeping me going. Point is to stop dwelling on the muddy piles of stacked up snow, frigid temps, and interminable dissertation revisions and to focus instead on the ridiculously awesome world around us.

So here are some current fascinations, in no particular order:

1. Orange Chocolate (Lindt)

- Obsessed, I’m obsessed with this stuff. Little bits of chewy orange, almond slivers, and perfectly dark chocolate.

2. My silk pillowcase (Branché)

- So, yeah, the beauty peeps say that silk pillowcases are better for your skin. As far as I can tell, that’s total crap because I still wake up with weird lines and creases. But it’s so soft! Mushing my face into this thing is my favorite. And, lover of all things mismatched and bespoke, I like that I only have one. It feels extra special in its singularity.

3. Primer instead of makeuppy makeup (Stila)

- This shit is so fun to put on, all high tech with its swirly ribbons of color. And I swear it really does even out my skin tone while allowing my skin to look like skin instead of airbrushed plastic. Hearts.

4. The Pink Martini station (Pandora)

- Eeeeeee! This is the highlight of my interwebs right now. It’s a fun mashup of girly, Frenchy, old school jazz, and the occasional electro-tango weirdness. (Though it has Bublé-d me a couple of times, so beware the easy listening craps that linger on the outskirts of the Pink Martini station. Nobody wants to hear a Bublé version of Nina Simone. NOBODY.)