And I'm Gonna Be High As A Kite By Then

Sorry I haven't been posting normally lately. It's not that I'm busy exactly, but just growing up and a little jaded/uninspired this winter. Looks like I'm going to stay an extra year at USC to get my MA in Environmental Studies, which is exciting. I've just been applying for a lot of research grants/study abroad trips lately that in my free time all I want to do is listen to music and knit and watch TV like an old woman.

This is going to be a bit of a stream-of-conciousness post:

1. Just got around to watching the Season 3 finale of Californication. (See? Lots of TV!)

I love David Duchovny. I love this show. The finale made me tear up a bit.

2. Related to the above - I've been listening to this a lot:

3. I got the Linda Farrow x Alexander Wang sunglass knock-offs posted on Luxirare, available here.

The real ones, obvs.

The knock-offs.

Not a perfect match, but pretty close. I think I may paint the tips silver, because that's kind of my favorite part. Makes them look more futuristic, less Keanu Reeves. I also wish the lenses weren't purple, but maybe I can figure out how to change that.

4. Apparently, these sunglasses are available from Hot Topic in a few colors. I found this when shopping for - shocker - nail polish! I had always written off Hot Topic as a lame/cheap store for wannabe goth middle schoolers, but I think now that they are targeting scenesters or whatever, their merchandise is really different... Check it out - Chanel ear knock offs (aka "Lady Gaga-inspired headband"):

Shut Off To The World

Normally I'm not much of a Gaga person. HOWEVER, I really like this picture. I like the dress (?) minus the ugly little "bra" part, I like the headpiece/antlers, I like the lipstick, the hair, and the GLASSES! Love the glasses.

That is all.

Science Fiction Double Feature Sunglasses

When I come home for winter break, I will be on a mission to find me a good pair of A. Wang/Rocky Horror Picture Show -inspired thrift store sunglasses. It will be EPIC.

If Everything Could Ever Feel This Real Forever

How can someone not be absolutely in love with the summer? Granted, winter layers generally lead to better outfit creativity, but I love getting nostalgic about those days when you just want to lay outside, skin sticking to car seats, sunny flesh. Nothing like it. On that note, it has been an 80ºF November so far here in LA, and I'm rather enjoying myself. :)

Same As It Ever Was

my shorts, the movie!

I know this is kind of super-boring, but I was doing super-boring things today (except for the part where I went HERE), so it's fitting. But college sweatshirt + cutoffs + keds = default California "style." It's impossible to be motivated to wear anything else when it's so freaking hot out all the time. Also, I only wear my sunglasses inside when I am preparing to take awkwardly staged photos with no makeup for you guys! :) I hate having my picture taken, and I always end up looking like Debbie Downer. Oh, well. I'm happy, I swear!