things i need more of in my life:

- inspiration
- motivation
- lots of -'tions
- adventure
- ideas for design
- blogging

i'm a really, really itchy person. i may be the itchiest person you will ever meet. THIS NEEDS TO STOP.

the new saddle shoe

via vans

hello, affordable "it" shoe of the season. they come with a personal guarantee that you will get compliments everywhere you go (or at least looks of brand curiosity, admiration, envy and surprise). guaranteed.

attention:

to the 5 readers i may or may not have:

i have joined the tumblr world! join me! follow me! or don't. it doesn't matter. just trying to explain my possible impending (is that an oxymoron?) blogspot absence.



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this is big!

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KINDLE FOR BLACKBERRY APP! and with free kindle books everywhere, this is an exciting new development... despite the fact that blackberrys have much smaller screens than the actual kindle, blah blah blah. now, waiting around will be slightly more bearable with a mini book in my berry.

greetings!

this may or may not be the trillionth time someone has thought of this, but sometimes i wonder if holidays were created so there would be something to look forward to every month. otherwise, what a possibly monotonous existence it would be, right (i'm being slightly sarcastic)?

on that note:


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happy valentine's day!

*don't promote "singles awareness day" - smother your mothers if you're single!

a pointless post

a word of warning: never shop online past 1 AM, because your judgement may be impaired.

anyway, i couldn't sleep last night, so i bought this!

i was wrought with the idea that i will be missing the LOST series premiere/finale and will not be able to watch it for a few days, meaning much talk and speculation about said episode and future events. so what better way to ignore them all than by playing this (reading, eating, sleeping, job hunting also come to mind but nahhh)?!

i had it years ago when i was still "a pc" but now that i've been "a mac" for like 5 years, i suddenly had the urge to control my made-up destiny. maybe this will inspire me in real life. i wanted to go big and go for sims 3 but bad reviews revolved around the idea that it will crash your computer. since i'm fresh out of college and am trying to put those days of sudden laptop failure out of my mind, i opted to control myself and go for the $20 version. woop!

i also bought over-the-knee boots. will i keep them? only time (and practicality) will tell.

fast-forward, please

last night, i got gary to shake on (which is essentially a binding oath that lasts a lifetime, right?) the notion that when he reaches his late 50's-60's, he will start looking and dressing like ted danson. it may sound odd, but 1, redheads don't grey - their hair turns white, and 2, the style icon he mentioned was colonel sanders. i guess if you think about it, would it be so bad to modernize the old southern legend? sipping sweet tea on the porch of a colonial home*? i don't think so.


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white hair, wearing his black and white "the dude" sabre vision sunglasses subbed with clear lenses, grey suits (he insisted on seersucker), and what started this whole discussion in the first place, my insistence that he wears:

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now, if only i could create elaborate plans for the present...

i bought it!

did that remind you of the destiny's child song? no?

in the month of december, i managed to:
- work roughly 26 days of the month
- fall asleep before 11pm on a near-nightly basis (sometimes while sitting upright)
- come "home" to a roaring fireplace next to a decorated tree and christmas music playing
- receive a number of hello kitty-themed gifts
- buy love: blackberry bold 9700

in the month of january, i have managed to:
- go on a mini-vacation stemming from gary's annual new year's show in SD
- get sick of my job and resolve to get a real one in 2010

we'll see how that goes, but i need it. i really, really do.

making the holidays a little brighter...

...one sample sale at a time.

maybe i should've posted this earlier, but here are some places to drop by for christmas gifts on a "budget":

RVCA
WHERE: 960 w 16th st, costa mesa

FRI: dec. 4 @ 9am - 6pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 9am - 6pm
FRI: dec. 11 @ 9am - 6pm
SAT: dec. 12 @ 9am - 6pm

SABRE VISION
WHERE: 3550 cadillac ave, costa mesa

FRI: dec. 4 @ 11am - 4pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 11am - 4pm

VESTAL
WHERE: 730 w 17th, costa mesa

FRI: dec. 4 @ 10am - 6pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 10am - 5pm

WeSC
WHERE: 1640 pomona ave, costa mesa

THURS: dec. 3 @ 10am - 6pm
FRI: dec. 4 @ 10am - 8pm

BB DAKOTA/JACK BY BB DAKOTA/CORPUS
WHERE: two doors down from WeSC

MODERN AMUSEMENT + PAUL FRANK
WHERE: 686 warehouse, 20 goodyear, irvine

FRI: dec. 4 @ 10am-6pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 9am - 4pm

INSIGHT/SOMETHING ELSE
WHERE: 8940 ellis ave, los angeles

FRI: dec. 4 @ 10am - 5pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 10am - 3pm

CURRENT/ELLIOTT
WHERE: 4599 district blvd, vernon

FRI: dec. 4 @ 12pm - 7pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 8am - 4pm

VINCE
WHERE: 5410 wilshire blvd, los angeles

THURS: dec. 3 @ 5pm - 8:30pm
FRI: dec. 4 @ 5pm - 8:30pm

GEREN FORD
WHERE: 1011 n fuller ave, hollywood

FRI: dec. 4 @ 4pm -7pm
SAT: dec. 5 @ 10am - 5pm

EVER
WHERE: 3744 fruitland ave, maywood

THURS: dec. 10 @ 7am - 5pm
FRI: dec. 11 @ 7am - 5pm

QUAIL
WHERE: 1105 e 3rd st, long beach

FRI: dec. 10 @ 8am - 5pm
SAT: dec. 11 @ 9am - 2pm

J. LINDEBERG + WILLIAM RAST
WHERE: 860 s los angeles st, 8th floor

FRI: dec. 11 @ 11am - 7pm
SAT: dec. 12 @ 10am - 5pm