if only all midterms were like this

This is how I felt on Friday morning, even though I was taking a midterm at 7:30 AM.

This is why:

(Because I was thinking of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, which I watched the night before, and in which Harry goes "Pincers!" I was also trying to figure out how to slip Harry Potter references into my essay but ultimately failed.)

And this is how I feel about young Harry on Felix Felicis:

Above, sweatshirt: Chinatown. Orange t-shirt I know I'm wearing but you can barely see: Forever21, gift. Jeans: Forever21. Shoes: Fafi for Adidas.

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humorous and fragmentary

The other day, I received in the mail this ring as a gift from Superior Wedding Rings, whose link you can find in my sidebar.

It is tungsten (which is scratch-resistant) and now belongs to my brother, who may or may not be wearing it in this picture. I don't actually remember and can't see to confirm.

Above, Engrish sweatshirt with fake attached plaid shirt: YesStyle. Jeans: American Eagle. Socks: Hanes.

Today I went to the pool with my 6-year-old cousin and am ridonkulously tired, even though all I did was lead her around on a Fun Noodle. I also bought yellow and white face paint and a new swim cap, to be worn together.

(Except not. The face paint is for a racist video project for summer school involving Asian people and white people, and the swim cap is because I don't want my hair to get any more fried.)

I am starting to really resent my Asian American Studies class, or maybe it's just the community college itself, but why do I even bother reading when he goes over everything in detail during class?

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(pl. noun) to wear (clothing) to

I recently ran across Songs To Wear Pants To, a website where "Andrew makes songs based on your ideas." Gems include "I Am A Sad Sad Toaster Made Of Glass" ("Yes, I'm a sad, sad toaster made of glass. / Would you like your toast with tears?"), "I Am The First Fifty Digits Of Pi," and "Monkeys In Robots In Love" ("But is it true / that he's a boy? 'Cause underneath the moon, / she'll hear him crying to the darkness, 'Eep! Eep! / I'm a monkey!' in his sleep.")

I also bookmarked a bunch of Shoes To Wear Socks To.

(Okay, the first one, not so much. The rest are debatable, but I like socks with platform sandals, so shoot me.)

Above, Fergie "Theif" Bootie, $139.95 at Nordstrom

Above, Doll in Black Nubuck by daniblack, $96 at zappos

Above, Sweet Chip in Steel Nubuck by Kenneth Cole Reaction, $88.95 at zappos

Above, Nola in Roccia Matte Snake by daniblack, $110 at zappos

Above, Clemens in Tmoro Dress Calf by daniblack, $90 at zappos

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a change is gonna come

this layout change is probably going to get messy.

[EDIT: Done, I think. Drop me a comment if anything is misaligned or hard to read (or ugly). Off to swim. Shocking, I know. /EDIT]

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atrocious

This is my mom's t-shirt.

It's sort of ATROCIOUS and in atrocious condition, but I hope my clothes end up this well-loved instead of as a trash bag full of ill-fitting (or hideous) mistakes that'll be left on the sidewalk like my last closet purge has yielded.

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character study

This is random, but variations of this dress are basically what I imagined Jade Whitestone in Special Topics in Calamity Physics to be wearing for most of the book:

Above, Ethnic Kimono Dress, $24.80 at Forever21

Why, Forever, you slay me with your dress names. What the hell does "ethnic" mean?

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reblog?

I know this isn't tumblr, and this is entirely unoriginal of me, but this is worth reposting. Everywhere.

forty-five thoughts for my daughter and my virtual daughters
by Francesca Lia Block

i always believed if i had blond hair, pixie face
big breasts
everything would be all right
not realizing that culturally idolized beauty
is not only foolproof
but potentially dangerous

if you believe in your own unconventional beauty
when you are young
you will accomplish twice as much and suffer half so

turn off lightbulbs and light a candle

walk don’t drive

plant a tree

wear sunscreen

dancing is an antidepressant

kindness is the new status symbol

every day please try to eat something green
and something orange
that grow out of the ground

tell me how mad you are
that your father and i parted
i will always listen
though i can’t ever take away the pain

expectations are for what you yourself create

they rarely work when applied to others

turn off the television

tv is a depressant

yoga is an antidepressant

don’t feel guilty about wanting pretty things

they would not be so alluring
if you weren’t supposed to want them
just don’t value them over compassion

use your words even when you are a grown-up
and people no longer think it is entirely acceptable
when you say, that hurt my feelings

if you can digest chocolate eat it sometimes

same goes for ice cream
(i don’t really need to tell you those things do i?)

do your homework because it is part of the game but

don’t spend too much time worrying about grades

fall in love with someone kind who loves your body
and your mind

if you have a dream that won’t let you go, that
tickles your solar plexus, heed it

turn dark feelings into paintings or poetry
or dancing

music is a kind of food

if you are sad talk to a happy woman who loves you
it will always help

move your body when you are sad or angry

avoid the following:
genetically modified ingredients
parabens
sodium lauryl sulfate
mercury in certain fish
neurotic thoughts about food
(is that a contradiction?)

love your curls though they tangle
your pale skin though it can burn in the sun
your nose though it is broader than some
your sturdy legs and feet

forget barbie she does not possess imagination

remember you are a botticelli angel

the planet we live on is perfection

love her like a goddess

love yourself as her daughter

there is a planet full of different kinds of beauty

the idea that only one type of woman is beautiful
is blasphemy

of everything i brought to the world in these
forty-five years
you and your brother are by far the most astounding

because of this i will always love your father

matter never vanishes, only changes

remember that when someone you love dies

your round head on my breast when you were born
is the memory
i will keep with me when i leave this body

when i am gone i will still be near you

this is how i know: when you were born
it was not a meeting
but a reunion

[via iCiNG]

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eight fashionable confessions

Thanks to StumbleUpon's StumbleThru feature, I came across Lost In A Spotless Mind, who had this tag/challenge up that I really liked. The instructions asked for eight fashionable confessions. Here are mine:

Above, Forever21, left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

Above, Forever21, left to right: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10

1. I judge a store first and foremost by its dress selection, then by its rings. (Forever21, Urban Outfitters, and Anthropologie pass both tests with flying colors. United Colors of Benetton only passes the dress test. I can't think of any place that sells both clothing and jewelry that passes the ring test without passing the dress test.)
2. There is a huge disconnect between what I wear and what I would like to be wearing, but I think that is what makes me Me and not Some Dismissible Asian Chick.
3. When buying tops, I have trouble justifying anything that costs more than $10, but I can drop $50 on a bunch of accessories without much effort and not feel very guilty later.
   
4. FACT: Hip bones are the male equivalent of cleavage. (Thanks, knickersoaker.) I'm also a sucker for a little slip of ankle (bonus points for hideously unfashionable or really quirky socks...or no socks... basically, bonus points for having ankles), good hair, and shorts that are slightly too short.
   
5. Sometimes when I'm shopping, I try to think if anyone I know would ever wear the item of clothing in consideration. If the answer is yes (and depending on whom I'm thinking of), I'll probably put it back down.



6. I don't like the idea of responding to blog comments out of obligation. So I don't respond at all. This probably makes me a mean person.
   
7. Pants any wider than straight-leg have never been my friends. In fact, pants and I are often seen together, but we really don't get along that well. I guess after spending nine years in a plaid skirt, I've formed some kind of attachment to wearing what is essentially a tube.
   
8. Whenever I look at my blog statistics, I always wonder who the sad souls are who Googled "Keds fetish." (Okay, I guess a Keds fetish isn't that weird. It's just the thought of being the object of a Keds fetish. But still. I guess mentioning it in this post isn't helping anyone.)

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