glittering bones

the melody haunts my reverie

2012-01-14T20:21:00.000-08:00

this weekend i am busy working...we are training our new group of volunteers so that's exciting. always an interesting learning process. i got the inspiration for this outfit (worn yesterday) from this spread from Nylon.

tights: ?? somewhere cheap
skirt: thrifted
top: h&m kids section
infinity scarf: from lydia
necklace: f21 from a couple years ago

you know i know everything's made for love

2012-01-10T18:21:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore to class today. tuesday is my only official day off during the week, though i have class 5 days a week, i go in and out of the office all day to i need to be dressed like a "grown up".

this past weekend was really fun. saturday PS and I went to the Vancouver Art Gallery (a mishmash of stuff including andy warhol, diane arbus, and diego rivera....) and then went to go see "The Artist" that night, which was really good. I love silent movies so I really liked the movie. Sunday we went grocery shopping, and made a stop by granville island so i could get a few things, say hi to CS and my old co-workers, had lunch, and placed an order for a ring PS is getting me for our anniversary (which was in november)---NOT an engagement ring or any ring-related-to-wedding though at all-i don't want to get married. but i do love jewelry and PS is kind enough to indulge my crow-like love of shiny things.

tonight i am having lydia over for supper. i'm making quiche and baby roasted potatoes. i'm excited because i got a bag of mixed baby potatoes--yellow, red, and ones with purple flesh which i'm really excited to try. i'm def not a foodie, i actually hate cooking, but purple potatoes are worth blogging about, no?

plaid shirt: childrens gap via thrift store
jeans: UO
lace tank top: top shop from years ago
heels: payless

let the season begin!

2011-12-31T11:08:00.000-08:00

okay kids last post for 2011. i am really happy its today because PS is coming back from Calgary and I haven't seen him in two weeks! we are good at being independent and such, but i will still be rather glad to see him again. tonight we are going to party it up & i'm excited to do lots of dancing.

i wish you all a very happy & safe new years!

sirt: target
shirt, jacket: thrifted
scarf: from lydia
heels: payless

oh america can i owe you one

2011-12-30T13:54:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore for the Christmas Eve dinner, which proved amusing. Please take note of my earrings, which are made by my very talented cousin, SY. You can check out more of her stuff here. She doesn't have much posted on Etsy but she's got TONS of stuff, trust me--these feather earrings are def a favorite of mine, she also has red ones with red glitter, very beautiful!

also, speaking of purchases, I got this lovely dress from Modcloth. However, I won't be purchasing anything from Modcloth again...for all you Canadian readers out there, take note: I was charged $50 to claim my latest order from Modcloth from the Canadian Post Office, which I have never had to do before for any of my prior Modcloth purchases, one of which arrived only a week prior to the purchase of concern here.I was really upset--I was not warned of this change in fees, and was especially shocked considering Modcloth has recently starting advertising cheaper shipping for Canadians...I call bs.

The story is more mired, but the bottom line is I have learned my lesson: buy stuff shipped form elsewhere in Canada or buy from Canadian stores--there are plenty of cute stores here in Vancouver. I would recommend Shine and Flok, both on Broadway near to the 99 stop at Macdonald. Shine literally had three dresses I've seen on Modcloth for comparable prices, and Flok had a couple as well. Lesson learned.

cape: thrifted
tights: sears?
shoes: payless
earrings: stefani's clay expressions

i don't believe in dentists.

2011-12-29T12:54:00.000-08:00

my christmas was great. i went home, my cat hannah, too. it was so nice to have a bit of a break, and to see all my family who i don't get to see often enough. now i am back in vancouver working from home and trying to figure out what to wear for new years!

skirt: thrifted
tank: AA
scarf: good night, day
arm band: got it for xmas

Remember when...

2011-12-18T16:54:00.000-08:00

...Nylon Magazine was actually good? If you miss it as much as I do, please check out my tumblr. For the next while, I will be posting some spreads from Nylon in its heydey....my Nylon collection goes all the way back to September 2005, so trust me-it will be good.

friends waffles work

2011-12-11T19:51:00.000-08:00

saturday morning i woke up quite early and wrote an exam, it went fine. later that evening Husky Jane picked me up and drove me home because today is my mum and aunty p's birthday (they're twins). we decorated our christmas tree today, danced around the house, watched elf, then went to Joe Forte's downtown for dinner (which was super delicious of course). this week is work and my last exam for this term and lots of social shenanigans.

happy birthday, mum!!

romper: whistle. vintage
sweater: h&m via thrift store
scarf: good night, day
tights: joe
shoes: aldo
totoro pin: made by gwen

ppppparanoia

2011-12-03T11:39:00.000-08:00

this is from yesterday. i'm so glad that my scarves arrived from good night, day. it's getting cold here in Vancouver and i needed something cozy...i chose tara-lynn's designs because i think it's really important to support Canadian women entrepreneurs.

today is saturday and i will be cleaning up my apartment and maybe shopping downtown, but we will see.

did anyone watch thursday nights parks n rec and community? good stuff for sho.

skirt and boots: thrifted
top: hand me down from NS
scarf: meaford lamb's wool cowl by good night, day.

tell me what you know about night terrors/////nothin'

2011-12-02T18:42:00.000-08:00

annnnnnd we're back. the term has officially ended as of today, now it's just exams! i'm going to have a lot more time to post again. i really like blogging and i'm surprised at how sad i have been these past few months not being able to do it. i'll have a lot more time though so stay tuned. i have what promises to be a busy and dramatic december, so i will have lots of opportunities to dress up.

pants: thrifted
scarf: made it myself
shirt: ogoqo
cardi: old navy
socks: joe
shoes: aldo

3 years!

2011-11-18T09:05:00.000-08:00

EY fancies PS!

you were burning like a city of electric light

2011-11-01T13:28:00.000-07:00

working in an office 5 days a week means that my style has had to undergo a bit of a revolution. i have to save my shorter hemlines and band t-shirts for the weekend,etc. i've been pouring through magazines looking at work-wear spreads to get some inspirations. Lucky has got lots of good stuff, and old spreads like this one from Jane.

here is what i wore Saturday. PS and I spent the day shopping along Broadway and at Granville Island. I got a bunch of new cookbooks that call for some ingredients and spices I don't have so I went exploring to several specialty foods stores.

hope you all had a good halloween! i was 2D from the gorillaz :D

skirt, shirt: thrifted
tights: gap

my love you're much too surreal

2011-10-08T17:16:00.000-07:00

here is a very late post about what i wore on my birthday, which was at the very end of august.

this weekend is a long weekend for all us Canadians to celebrate Thanksgiving. i'm happy to be home with my family, i've been so swamped with school i haven't been able to come out much at all. tonite i am going to see my uncle A play with his band. i'm excited, i hear his band is good and i'm going with my family so that should prove entertaining.

dress & hat: thrifted

if it hurts to breathe, open a window

2011-10-02T20:32:00.000-07:00

hello please, i have returned from my leave-of-absence. it has been a CRAZY september...but between now and my last post, i turned 22 (August 30th!), started school for my last year at UBC, and I'm working part time at a real grown-up job. i also got purple, blue, and green streaks in my hair which you can't see in this post but just so ya know.

today was good. studied like mad because for the first time ever at uni i am so incredibly behind in school (because of stressful working conditions) it's scary but mum came over so that was good. then she, PS, and I went to dinnah (Indian food, very tasty!). now i am listening to the new Bjork and studying again.

dress: thrifted
tights: gap
boots: payless
toque: from PS
sweater: have had it since i was like 15?

it's been a long time since i've seen you smile

2011-08-15T17:20:00.000-07:00

wow didn't realize i've been AWOL for over a month! last week i went to the Beirut concert with PS which was AMAZING. it was so good. i LOVE beirut, and have been listening to them since the concert almost constantly as my love for beirut has increased tenfold. this is what i wore. this blue velvet hat was a freakishly lucky find at a thrift store at home. i got another really cute hat that i will be wearing to the decemberists concert in a week or so.

this past weekend i went home for the annual ball tournament which was interesting. for the first time PS was able to attend which was thrilling, and we had a dance which i helped with. good times all around and good weather too which was perfect for the games.

dress: F21
hat: thrifted

i'm just too young & what of my heart?

2011-07-11T10:34:00.000-07:00

yesterday and today= my days off. yesterday was great, PS and I went to the Surrealist exhibit at the Vancouver Art Gallery. It was so good, really interesting and inspiring. We also looked at the Ken Lum exhibit upstairs, which I also really liked and found amusing- it was about all those things that i'm into...race, class, identity, public and private space, etc. highly recommend it as well! after we got some slurpees and then headed home for an evening of disaster pizza and relaxation. so nice to have 2 days off in a row. this morning i got breakfast at mcdonalds (i LOVE mcdonalds hotcakes and hashbrowns), and later i will be going to pick up some produce and then doing hmwrk and cleaning up my apartment.

waffle shirt, jean vest, boots: thrifted
skirt: monk & lou

while i'm away....

2011-07-10T13:04:00.000-07:00

sorry for the lack of posts. if you're missing glittering bones-related content, just a friendly lil' reminder to follow my tumblr

what good is it to sing helplessness blues?

2011-07-04T20:13:00.000-07:00

wore this on saturday during the day which was sunny and warm. i ventured out in the day to run errands and re-emerged in the evening for dinner with mum, aunty K, and PS. we went to the Provence Mediterranean Grill which was VERY tasty and i highly recommend it. i don't go out much in the summer, as in outdoors, especially when its sunny, which i know is perverse but i worry about sun damage, etc, so i come out when its cooler. its ridiculous, i know.

worked all day, was surprised by a drop by visit from husky jane and a couple of her friends. always nice to see a familiar face amongst all the tourists hehehehe.

shorts, boots, lace crop top: thrifted
jean jacket: whistle. vintage
hair bow: made it myself!

all my friends are talking about leaving

2011-07-02T13:30:00.000-07:00

today is my day off. canada day yesterday was crazy busy at work, but surprisingly not to many rude customers so that was nice. today is nice and sunny. i am running errands, meal planning, making bread, cleaning up my apartment and mum and aunty kim are coming out later so i'm excited about that.

dress: F21
bandana: borrowed from PS
jean jacket: whistle. vintage
converse

run deep run wild

2011-06-25T18:57:00.000-07:00

wore this get up to GK's bday the other night. we all started at his amazing apartment downtown then made our way to some bar in gas town. i can't remember much of the night but i do remember it was very entertaining :p

me and PS were going through a phase that night...he had been playing a lot of LA Noir and so when we were at my place getting ready to go out, i played some good oldies like billie holiday, ella fitzgerald, sinatra, etc. this outfit i think was sort of indicative of that mood.

blouse: old navy from 3 years ago
pants, socks, trench: joe

its ribs are ceiling beams

2011-06-24T20:13:00.000-07:00

this evening mum joined PS and I for dinner at my place. i made a thai noodle salad which turned out okay. it was a nice visit though.

last night KY came over late after work. right now PS is working nights and i'm working days so its weird not being around eachother so much. he got off work early last night though which was nice so he entertained young KY and i went to bed.

tonite it'll just be studying and relaxing for me. hope you all are enjoying your friday!

skirt,purse: thrifted
tshirt: AA via thrift store
jean jacket: whistle. vintage
tights: joe
shoes: aldo

another day in someone else's fantasy

2011-06-23T18:08:00.000-07:00

here's a simple outfit from a few weeks ago. besides work, PS and I have been out and about....anza club, a couple birthday parties, went and saw midnight in paris (which was cute), nights out at bars, etc. the first part of the summer has been kind of awful due to various reasons, but things are picking up which is nice.

tshirt: joe
skirt: thrifted
shoes: aldo
hat: urban outfitters

sometimes i can't believe it...

2011-06-22T14:42:00.000-07:00

here's a simple outfit i wore yesterday. mum came out to the city and took me and PS out for dinner then for ice-cream. i'm so spoiled!

yesterday afternoon PS and i ran errands on campus, stopping to say hi to young GK and NT. after we ran into VC which was amusing.

last night after dinner i made applesauce for the first time ever. it was very easy of course. i had some granny smith apples that were looking a little sad and i didn't want to waste them so i decided to make applesauce. very pleased with the results!

jeans: urban outfitters
shirt: thrifted
docs
bandanna: borrowed from PS

lyrics for 'the suburbs (continued)' by arcade fire

if i could have it back
all the time that we wasted
i want to waste it again
if i could have it back
you know i would love to waste it again
waste it again and again and again
but i forgot to ask
sometimes i can’t believe it
i’m movin’ past the feeling again
sometimes i can’t believe it
i’m movin’ past the feeling again

smile for the folks at home

2011-06-22T12:22:00.000-07:00

so i am back from a long blogging absence. life has been crazy lately so i haven't been blogging, though i have been taking outfit pictures so i'll get started on posting again. this is what i wore on monday. i started my new job which is going fairly well i think, and i have had mon-today off which has been nice, especially cuz it has been nice and sunny.

jeans: hand-me-downs
pink burnout tshirt: BDG via thrift store
pink tank underneath shirt: joe
docs
cardi: thrifted

you know i'm not around because of you

2011-05-30T18:13:00.000-07:00

so exciting news: i am now taking care of Hannah, one of the cats from home. Mum wanted me to take her so I did. she's very skitterish though, so since yesterday around 4 she has been hiding under the couch. i've been trying to coax her out but no luck so far. she's chubby and mostly black with white paws and a white chest. she's sweet and i hope she will warm up to life around here.

today i went to the MOA at UBC and wandered around. such a neat place, i'm glad students like myself get free admission. now i'm home and i've made some rhubarb cobbler which hopefully will taste good. i guess we'll find out...

skirt, shirt, cardi: thrifted
shoes: aldo

but the codes&keys can't protect you from jealousy

2011-05-28T11:35:00.000-07:00

yesterday i headed back to my hometown, which is only 1.5 hours from Vancouver to help my mum pack up the house because we are moving. time to move on to new and better things i guess...

thursday night PS, KY, and KY's harem headed to Sasquatch for the weekend. I'm not going this year obviously/unfortunately because i do nay have the funds. since PS and KY are my partner and best friend respectively its weird not to be in constant contact with them. they better bring me back a damn concert tshirt is all i can say....

took the train home yesterday, during which i read some stories from Ha Jin's collection of short stories called "A Good Fall". They're good, and if you're of asian descent like me i'm sure you'd find them especially interesting because the dynamics might be so familiar.

when i arrived mum picked me up with the exciting news that she won $15 on a scratch and win card! she sent me in to go collect her winnings, and i got i.d.'d! so embarrassing. i'm 21. the legal gambling age in BC is 19. did my septum piercing do NOTHING to make me look older? such a hit to my ego. the guy at the counter was nice about it but still....4 years of university under my belt and i still look like i'm 15 on some days. it was amusing.

then mum decided she wanted to go to the movies to see Bridesmaids, and we picked up aunty kim on the way. it was a typical hollywood show. i got frozen yoghurt and malteasers though so i was terribly pleased about that.

skirt: monk and lou from plenty
pink shirt: BDG via thrift store
cardi: thrifted
necklace: from zambia

all these people, we've got fire within us!

2011-05-25T18:41:00.000-07:00

today i busied myself with various projects. it was rainy of course today....will spring/summer ever come to vancouver???

tonite i decided to make a nice dinner for myself and have a glass of wine, which i have never done before on my own. it was nice...until my family called with news of various tragedies. good lord. despite all the family drama, i still think it is very possible i'm in a comedy....(see stranger than fiction with will ferrel to know what i'm talking about).

dress, tshirt: thrifted
army jacket: F21

debuting a glittering bones tumblr!

2011-05-24T20:24:00.000-07:00

just wanted to let you know that i have started a tumblr account! this tumblr will be focusing exclusively on scans/pictures i have taken of some of my favorite fashion spreads from magazines i adore and have adored (as teen vogue has gone majorly downhill in the last year, consider it an homage to their glory days... see the above picture to know what i'm talking about). i welcome you all to check it out for fashion inspiration as well as a little something i'll call feminist fridays...

the purpose behind this was for me personally to have a way to look through old spreads i often look to for inspiration, without having to go through my many, many magazines over and over again- its simply more efficient this way!

i will continue posting my outfits and other things on this blog, but the tumblr will be purely for editorials and other bits of inspiration!

pocket full of secrets

2011-05-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

yesterday was good. i worked on various projects, went to the central Vancouver Public Library and picked up a bunch of books and cookbooks i've been wanting to read, etc. last night PS, me, and BS went to the Phantogram concert. it was good, the woman who is the lead singer had a nice outfit on and was a cool dancer. i wish i was a rockstar :p

crop top: thrifted
cardi: old navy from 6+ years ago
highwaisted jeans: hand-me-downs via topshop
keds

for all your lies, you're still very lovable

2011-05-19T14:04:00.000-07:00

so things have been mildly insane around chez glittering bones. i've been sick, hunting desperately for jobs, and dealing with endless family issues. now things seem a bit more settled down thank goodness.

yesterday was the two-and-a-half-year anniversary for me and PS- yes, we celebrate every month! i made us baked spaghetti for dinner, we had champagne (still my favorite drink of the moment), went for a walk, had dessert at the naam, then came home and watched Blue Valentine. so tragic, but pretty good. i liked the clothes, of course.

other than that i have been baking a lot....bread, pineapple banana bread, cookies, more cookies, butter tart squares, etc. i've also been playing a lot of scrabble, watching parks n rec, trying to keep up-to-date with my one online course, and participating in psych experiments/studies at UBC for $$ hehehe. it's easy money and mildly entertaining.

also, i wanted to tell ya'll that if you like some of the things you have seen on this blog, i will be starting a shop blog very soon. i'm cleaning out my closet and need extra $$ for summer. stay tuned for the debut!

pants: thrifted
tshirt: american apparel
turban: scarf from Morocco
necklace: from Zambia

lovely & lonely i don't want to play here anymore

2011-05-01T14:27:00.000-07:00

so a lot has happened in the last little while. i finished school (yay! thank god!) and have been busy finishing things up on campus. this is what i wore about a week ago.

PS' family came out this past week to help young NS move out so we had dinner with them a few times which was nice. we went to Monks friday night which was really beautiful, it was right on the water, and with the sun setting it was just lovely. i had excellent fish and chips, which is incidentally one of my favorite meals right now. it was a great meal and nice to visit with everyone.

after dinner on friday PS and I had a very epic evening because we went and saw one of our very favorite bands, Menomena, in concert. soooooooooooo good. so relevant and meaningful hehehe. they were EXCELLENT live and Menomena is one of my absolute favorite bands and they never tour to Vancouver so yea, it was a big deal. i got a concert tshirt of course, so stay tuned for outfits where i'm wearing it. it was fun though, we met up with KY and his gf, and BS and his sister. great, great show.

last night we went to another concert, this time tUne-YarDs (that's how they stylize it, i'm not just being weird). this is the second time i've seen them, i saw them once before at Sasquatch last year. they're/she is excellent live so needless to say it was a weekend of great concerts. woohoo!

skirt: F21
sweater: thrifted
hat: UO

now i'm golden

2011-04-26T19:14:00.000-07:00

okay so this post is to highlight the rings that we all got while in Tofino. all three of us got rings with First Nations designs by Ralph Burgess, mine is a Raven, and mum and Husky Jane both got Eagles. we all got rings to honour the memory of someone we love, it was my mum's idea and i think it's a really good one.

as you can tell, i spent a lot of my weekend drinking tea, (which i'm finishing in the 2nd picture), and champagne or mimosas (tres amusing). i did this usually while studying (you can see the text from my Origins of Christianity course textbook by Bart D. Ehrman), which seems counter-productive but i don't think it was....

from a distance, yeah

2011-04-26T19:07:00.000-07:00

so for the Easter long weekend me and mum and Husky Jane headed to Tofino, one of my most favorite places of all time (the other probably being the desert). Tofino is a small town on the west coast of Vancouver Island.

we went whale-watching, out for lots of seafood and fish, the Roy Henry Vickers gallery, lots of walking on the beach, etc. i also had to study for an exam which i wrote a couple hours ago, but that was fine because i still managed to have lotsa fun.

it was a great weekend, i am so pleased that i was able to go with my family. i hope ya'll had a great Easter, too.

slip dress: h&m
scarf, blue knit thing: thrifted
hat: urban outfitters

up with the birds

2011-04-19T10:18:00.000-07:00

yesterday i handed in a final essay and then me and PS checked out a new potential study spot where i am currently blogging from atm. it is quiet and desolate and a little bit creepy its great. it was also our 29 month anniversary yesterday! (yes, we still count by month, it's kind of silly but whatever) so it was nice to wander about in the sunshine around all the blooming cherry blossoms at UBC.

last night we went for dinner at another couple's place. A is a great cook and made a feast of veg Indian food. sooooo good! she made this great layered crepe cake thing for dessert with hot fudge sauce which was also very tasty. it was a nice evening indeed.

cardi, cutoffs: thrifted
hairbow: DIY

they will throw you to the lions if you haven't got a clue.

2011-04-18T17:31:00.000-07:00

this past weekend was nice. i did a lot of studying, but i also managed to watch The Red Shoes with PS friday evening, which I enjoyed. It was a good movie, very long though. I've seen everyone fussing about it since Black Swan came out so it's high time I saw it.

Yesterday mum came out to van and treated PS and I to brunch at the Naam which was very tasty of course. After that we returned about 70 library books I had taken out the past couple weeks for writing papers. Then mum and I went to Fujiya because I needed some Japanese cooking staples. I was immensely pleased with my haul, I haven't been there in so long but I got lots of stuff. I want to learn to make bento boxes so I quit spending so much money on lunch during the school year.

shorts, cardi: thrifted
wolf parade concert tshirt
deena & ozzy hat

what doesn't kill you makes you think

2011-04-15T12:12:00.000-07:00

okay everyone here is another installation of 'Outfit/Inspiration/Interpretation'. The inspiration is from the April 2011 issue of Lucky magazine, i liked all the different ways they styled the red shorts. these red shorts that i am wearing are of course from a thrift store, but i kind of have issues wearing them because they are, um, kind of sheer....as in, unless i wear tights or something you can see the pattern on my undies shining right through. kind of embarrassing and difficult to dress around...

shorts: thrifted
metric concert tshirt
aa hoodie
thrifted black jacket
docs

the mind & the heart are the only competition

2011-04-13T11:02:00.000-07:00

this is what i wore yesterday. yesterday i checked out a thrift store, but didn't get anything. this summer promises to be difficult finance-wise so i'm trying to be extra-careful with my money. i also made apple crisp last night it was very good. i go through major baking phases during the summer, and since it's pretty much summer break for me now except for my finals and final papers, i have been feverishly looking up new recipes and what-not to try and bake.

skirt, cardi, shoes: thrifted
socks: joe
hairbow: DIY

they hid the lock & key to protect the dynasty

2011-04-12T12:19:00.000-07:00

have been going insane with essays, exam prep, etc for the end of the year. took yesterday off though which was nice. i baked bread and this apple-biscuit thing which was good. last night mum and HJ came out and we went to dinner at Joe Forte's downtown. I've never been before and I know it's a Vancouver legend but it really was great. The service was excellent and the food was too. today i'm going in to work for a bit then back to studying.

shirt, shorts, shoes: thrifted
tights: joe?
hat: urban outfitters

lookatmenowlookatmenowlookatmenow

2011-04-11T13:33:00.000-07:00

"After that your absence sat at every table, occupied every room, walked through the doors of every house."
-from Solar Storms by Linda Hogan

{April 11th, 2001}

careful, little heart

2011-04-08T15:43:00.000-07:00

tonite me and PS are going out for dinner which will be nice. i'm going to check out a thrift store in the area where we're going that i haven't been to yet. it's a salvation army though and i find that the salvation army's in van are SO overpriced for thrift stores.

yesterday was the last day of classes, thank god. it has been a really rough year and the last couple weeks especially have been difficult. i look forward to the summer though, and by the beginning of may i will be done my exams and papers. i have a bunch of projects i want to work on this summer that i can't wait to start.

skirt: AA
shirt: hand me down from my mum, it's from the gap
shoes: aldo
socks: joe
necklace: F21

can we do easter another time/ end of the year playlist

O Children by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Battle of the Gods by Tristan
Easter Parade by Emmy the Great
I’ll Try Anything Once by The Strokes
Godspeed by Jenny Lewis
Sons & Daughters by The Decemberists
The Bunker by Beirut
Please Please Please by Final Fantasy
Helplessness Blues by Fleet Foxes
It Wasn’t Me by Jenny Lewis

from "Sonya" by Tatyana Tolstaya

2011-04-06T16:29:00.000-07:00

"Well if that's the way you see it, so be it.
Chasing you is like catching butterflies waving a shovel."

the body that you live in & the empty things you need

2011-04-06T13:13:00.000-07:00

so many papers to write i am freaking out....

cutoffs, sweater: thrifted
belt: some cheap store
boots: payless

no rolling stone will break my bones

2011-04-02T13:16:00.000-07:00

so i realized i have 3 papers due this week....this weekend Husky Jane came out to keep me company and we spent all of yesterday pretty much studying in the library. friday night RM was also out so the three of us headed into campus to go hang out with the gents for the evening. it was rowdy but amusing.

today Husky Jane and I went to Granville Island briefly to get tea and donuts. it was busy of course but it was nice. this is what i wore. below is new playlist!

cardi, tshirt, dress, shoes: thrifted
socks: joe

knock yourself out/watch that line playlist....

Eager For Your Love by Tristen
Hail to Whatever You Found in the Sunlight That Surrounds You by Rilo Kiley
Front Row by Metric
Fidelity by Regina Spektor
What Did My Lover Say by Wolf Parade
The Garden by Mirah
Blood, part 2 by Buck 65
Trophy by Bat for Lashes
There There (The Boney King of Nowhere) by Radiohead
Easy by Joanna Newsom
It’s Getting Boring By The Sea by Blood Red Shoes

& i told you to be balanced

2011-04-01T15:46:00.000-07:00

as you can see by socks it was a very rainy and wet day on campus. i am glad to be home now. my sister Husky Jane is coming out this weekend and I am glad because it has been a really stressful week actually and she always cheers me up.

sweater, shorts, jacket, purple cameo pin: thrifted
pantyhose: probly from the drugstore or something

rulers make bad lovers, you better put your kingdom up for sale.

2011-03-31T17:33:00.000-07:00

today was busy but good. i sneezed my entire way through a quiz in one of my classes so that was kind of embarrassing/unfortunate. damn allergies.

skirt: thrifted
lace tights: h&m? joe? can't remember.
knee socks: joe
argyle cardi: from my granma, it is also from joe
scarf: h&m from a long long time ago
tshirt: american apparel

everybody was well dressed & everybody was a mess

2011-03-30T21:45:00.000-07:00

this is what i wore today. tonite PS made me dinner and then we went to go see Somewhere in the theatre on campus. it was good, i didn't like it as much as Sophia Coppola's other movies but that's probably because I hate LA (hah).

peach lace cropped shirt and black trousers: thrifted
necklace: got it in Zambia a few years back

you always break the kindest hearts

2011-03-29T18:12:00.000-07:00

so i am currently running on about 4.5 hours of sleep right now. I was up til 1, then up at 5:30 to work on my presentation which was today (it went really well). it was a good day though. watched part of Howl in class today, starring James Franco and Jon Hamm in it, it's about Alan Ginsburg. velly interesting. we will finish watching it on thursday.

blazer, tshirt, scarf: thrifted
pants: joe
shoes: payless

days when the rain & the sun are gone

2011-03-28T16:15:00.001-07:00

the cherry blossoms are starting to bloom!today has been boring, i went to class and then straight home to work on this godforsaken presentation i have tomorrow....

clothes and accessories from the waist up: thrifted
socks: joe
shoes: aldo
jeans: urban planet from like 4 years ago

i'll build you a kingdom in that house on the hill

2011-03-27T08:54:00.000-07:00

this is what i wore yesterday. i had to run in to campus to drop the issue at the printers, and get some books from the library and had tea with PS. last night mum and husky jane came out to visit me which was nice. they were picking up zooey, but we went out for dinner and visited lots so that was nice. it was a rough week, and i was really happy to see them. we are an intrepid, watch us go.

friday night was also great. After spending the whole day producing the issue, I left a little early to go to a play called Wild Honey that is being put on at UBC. It was really, really good. Such talented people milling about the grounds. The play is based on a Chekhov story, and was adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn. Incidentally, the latter gentlemen wrote the play I was in in highschool called 'Noises Off' (highlight of my damn highschool years to be perfectly honest. also: hi MP!!! you were always the better Brooke) so I had other interest in seeing the show besides my love of Russian lit and support for UBC productions. you could def see the similarities between the two plays despite the differing subject material. it was so good though, very entertaining and the set was amazing. i was thrilled to death!

after that PS and I decided to go to the Naam because I realized that I forgot to have dinner during the production and since it was like 10:30 we figured the best place to go was the Naam. it was good as usual, we got one of the quieter corners so that was nice.

as a side-note, i want to point out that the graphic on this tshirt i'm wearing was hand-drawn and silk-screened by the immensely talented KD. i'm continually blown away by how much i like this drawing. to see KD and hear more about her adventures, check out Lyd's blog as she makes cameo appearances on there quite often.

today is Sunday and i will be preparing for a class presentation and drinking copious amounts of tea.

skirt: monk & lou
tshirt: made by KD, purchased at a whistle. vintage sale
suspenders: borrowed from PS, but they're from AA
hat: deena & ozzy on sale 2 years ago at UO
shoes: aldo

like a bell in the night

2011-03-27T08:43:00.000-07:00

this is what i wore on thursday. thursday and friday i spent helping to produce the upcoming issue of Antigone, the theme is Violence Against Women and I am the guest editor so i'm pretty excited about that. if you're out and about campus near the end of next week (say like the 30th onward) keep your eyes peeled for our 'zine which will be all over campus hopefully. for those of you who can't make it to campus (which i imagine is the vast majority of you...) the issue will be scanned and put online soon-ish, as well as voice recordings so it is a more accessible production. stay tuned for more details on when the latter two things are available.

cardi: gap via thrift store
blouse, pants, socks: joe
shoes: aldo

it slowly unravels like a ball of yarn

2011-03-23T19:03:00.000-07:00

busy day full of work and meetings. for part of work today i had to give a presentation for one of the frats with my colleagues. i said some bratty things but i got away with it. am i a champion?

also, i don't know if any of you have noticed or care, but if you have been following it may appear that i am wearing the same skirt three days in a row....gross. but, actually, the last three posts (incl. this one) are 3 different skirts. one is from a thrift store, and since it's starting to lose its shape, i got two of the monk & lou ones on sale (they were like $20 for both of them) because i know i would wear them a lot---they're a staple, and having more than one will mean less wear and tear on one. silly? probably. but very much worth it to me so far.

flower shirt: thrifted
dirty projectors concert tshirt
skirt: monk & lou

the reasons all have run away but the feeling never did

2011-03-22T17:49:00.000-07:00

tonite PS and I are going out to dinner for a date. maybe i've been watching too much Parks & Rec 'cause all I seem to want to eat is waffles with lotsa toppings....

jean jacket: whistle. vintage
blouse: joe on sale last spring
skirt: monk & lou on sale
tights: joe
shoes: aldo

and if i was bored you know i would

2011-03-21T16:45:00.000-07:00

i made blueberry muffins today. should've put in a little more sugar, but maybe i'll dust them with powdered sugar later on or something.

Paralyzed/Apologize Playlist ( a little repetitive but whatever)

The Chain by Fleetwood Mac
'81 by Joanna Newsom
Service Bell by Grizzly Bear and Feist
Satellite Heart by Anya Marina
Lua by Bright Eyes
Sentimental X's by Broken Social Scene
The Hazards of Love 4 (The Drowned) by The Decemberists
Queen Black Acid by Menomena
Unravel by Bjork
Tusk by Fleetwood Mac
Keep Yourself Warm by Frightened Rabbit
Brothers on a Hotel Bed by Death Cab
Dylan by Emmy the Great
Silver Lining by Rilo Kiley
Our Hell by Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
Ready to Start by Arcade Fire
Blood Bank by Bon Iver
Werewolf by CocoRosie
Big Love by Fleetwood Mac
My Rights Versus Yours by The New Pornographers
What Makes You Think You're The One by Fleetwood Mac
The World at Large by Modest Mouse
Gang Bang Suicide by Broken Social Scene

oh yoko

2011-03-19T18:49:00.000-07:00

"No matter how much I tried to wear the same clothes and speak the local dialect, I was not one of them"
-Yoko Ono in Vogue August 2006

all the birds were very curious all the fish were at the surface

2011-03-19T13:46:00.000-07:00

this is what i wore on Thursday, which was St. Patrick's Day of course. I'm Irish, so it's an exciting day for me, as ridiculous as it is.

it was a very busy week. i had a paper due and a presentation so i have been up late and then waking up early all week, and i'm not used to staying up late at all, i'm usually in bed quite early and am more of a morning person, so it's been an odd week for me.

saying that, it has also been a very fun week. tuesday night PS and I went out dancing. Ice Cream Social was playing at the Pit (we saw them on New Year's Eve too if it sounds familiar) and so we decided to go. unfortunately the ppl we were supposed to go with us bailed (booooooo!) but luckily enough we were able to round up IR and RB to go with us and it was tres amusing.

thursday night i wasn't actually planning on going out because i was really tired, but PS wanted to go out so I headed back to campus and we met up with a crew of people. it was a very amusing evening which included drinks at 3 different locations, starting a random dance party in public, being asked to leave the area in which we were dancing, etc, etc. it was a night full of much entertainment and mischief.

last night me and PS were very tired so we just had dinner at the dharma kitchen for our 2 year and 4 months anniversary, and then back to my place where I made us good honey-rosemary popcorn and we watched eternal sunshine.

today has been fairly boring. i'm not feeling well---for those of you who have followed this blog for a while you know that i have HORRIBLE hayfever/seasonal allergies and as such, i'm feeling very stuffed up and low energy. some days are better or worse than others and today they've hit me like a train so i will be resting/sulking. i'm glad zooey is here to keep me company (that's him in the last picture with me)

cardi: thrifted
skirt: F21
tshirt: hand-me-down from my mum

the icons are whispering to you

2011-03-13T10:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I just worked on an essay. To amuse myself from this monotony, I gave zooey some catnip and boy was that a show. He was rolling around for like 20 minutes like an acrobat (keep in mind he's 9 years old and a slightly obese tabby cat) and then he was evidently very high off of the catnip and slept in a stupor all afternoon on the carpet SO CUTE and amusing. This outfit is just what I wore during the day running up the street to the drug store to get a few things.

PS' mom is in town right now so we went for dinner at the eatery. it was a zoo of course. i haven't been there for years because even though it is amusing its insane and i don't care too much for that kind of atmosphere. then we went for dessert/tea at the dharma kitchen which is just up the road. their chai drink things are soooo good and me n PS split a rice pudding, which is also very good there.

skirt: F21
cardi: thrifted
tank: it's actually a nightie from la senza
tights: joe
belt: dunno, think it's my mum's or my husky janes belt.

there's dust on the stadium seats, there's dust in your hair

2011-03-12T10:08:00.000-08:00

so it's been a while. here is a quick update of my life in the past week:
Last friday night we headed back to my hometown to celebrate KY's bday. It was especially amusing because PS was very kind and surprised me with a bottle of Grey Goose as a celebration for the scholarship I got! I'm so spoiled/such a lucky girl.

Saturday night Husky Jane and I went to the Cold War Kids concert, which was awesome because we've never been to a concert just us two. SY did Husky's hair for the show and it looked fantastique. The show itself was great, but the audience was behaving like they were at a hockey game aka entry levellllllllllllllllllllll. so that was kind of dissapointing but they sounded amazing live so yay for that.

Sunday through Wednesday I was sick, and I'm still getting over it. It's a very strange combination of symptoms, probably means I'm dying. In any case, i've fallen behind in school so i'm struggling with tons of hmwrk right now.

Thursday I returned to school and protested the GAP, also known as the Genocide Awareness Project (CAUTION: DO NOT GOOGLE THEIR SITE/PROGRAM UNLESS YOU ARE WILLING TO SEE VERY GRAPHIC, VIOLENT PHOTOS) which likens abortion to genocide. I think that's bs, and so did all my fellow protesters--I was proud to see so many awesome UBC students standing down to their bs rhetoric and disgusting images. I say shame on UBC for allowing this group to display their sick images in public. I'm all for free speech, and the GAP I guess should have that, however, if we have to watch violent movies in theaters with ratings, and before going into a gallery with graphic images are warned, I think that the GAP should be in an enclosed space where people are voluntarily, not forcibly exposed to the images, since the images (which are HUGE btw) are displayed in a very high-traffic outdoors area of campus....

Yesterday was just school and work. I'm very excited because RB and I have cooked up a business plan for summer and I think it's going to be amazing....stay tuned because we'll be based in Vancouver.....

Last night mum n me n HJ went out for dinner, they were coming into the city to drop of Zooey, whom I am cat-sitting for the week! I am pleased to death about this. Anyhoo, we went for dinner at the Red Onion which was tasty and then back to my place for tea. Mum was helping HJ with a paper she's writing and it drove me nuts because they're like the Beales in Grey Gardens.....zany, Little Edie screaming at her mum and vice versa. Tres amusing dynamic though.

Today I am working in a paper and will hopefully get a chance to make some muffins or something. I need sweets.

skirt, tank, cardi: thrifted
sheer pink tshirt under floral tank: hand-me-down from RB
shoes: aldo

good morning mr. magpie, how are you today?

2011-03-04T10:34:00.000-08:00

this is a long-delayed post as this is what i wore last Thursday. Thursday was amusing. I met up with RB for dinner, and after running back and forth between her and IR and RB2 me and RB decided to go see Made in Dagenham since we are both feminists and are interested in such things. It was okay.....not as solid as other movies like Iron-Jawed Angels but it was still pretty good.

tonite I am going home for KY's bday party which will probably be somewhat entertaining. Saturday night me and HJ are going to Cold War Kids!!!!!!!!!!!

also very excited today because we got Menomena tickets (!!!!!!!!!!even though they are down one of the main guys this is still very exciting for me n the gents!!!!!) as well as tUnE-yArDs tickets!!! SO MUCH MUSIC AGHHHHHHH.

and i guess a very happy birthday to KY cuz even though he's a total morlon on most days he's still ma best friend.

sweater: h&m via thrift store!
pants: thrifted
plaid shirt: borrowed from husky jane
belt: ??
shoes: aldo

just a supper of salt and a waltz through your empty bed

2011-03-01T17:32:00.001-08:00

this is what i wore on monday. it has been a dramatic past couple weeks...i'm having huge issues with one of my profs and have been under the gun for a lot of assignments but whateva just keep going/ i do what i want.

as a side note, i spend a lot of time thinking about what i should pack for lunch. i bought those little yoghurt shot things the yellow danactive things. it was a financial extravagance for something that is literally a plastic shot glass of watery yoghurt. i know yoghurt is good for you though so i thought i'd try it. it better be boosting my damn immune system or whatever grrrrr i have probably fallen for a little gimmick and i hate that.

skirt, button-down, red sweater vest thing: thrifted
hair bow: DIY
docs docs docs

i still hold the reigns on what you're feeling.

2011-03-01T13:31:00.001-08:00

annnnnnnnnd we are back on track. i have been having issues with my image-hosting site, Imageshack, so I have switched to Photobucket. Has anyone else has similar problems?

so this is what i wore on Saturday. i am a few outfits ahead and behind today.saturday it was snowing quite a bit for Vancouver and so that proved entertaining. I met up with young GK to work on this poster thing for a group I'm part of. we conversed about music and activism it was entertaining. then me and him and KY went for a random dinner.

dress shirt: joe
cardi: thrifted
hair bow: made for me by the lovely Lydia
jeans: urban outfitters
shoes: aldo

a bullet for historical malaise

2011-02-23T20:00:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore on monday. i've been busy this week with work and papers and other stuff. the last pic i included so ya'll could sort of see my septum piercing. you can hardly see it when the ball is in my nose, which i have done here. i switch it around depending on how i'm feeling.

skirt, scarf: thrifted
tshirt: AA
cardi: gap

days off

2011-02-22T19:41:00.000-08:00

been busy the last couple days. here are a few pictures from the past couple days.

got the Sartorialist book from the libary....a few inspiring pics, and i know this is a fashion sin BUT...i wasn't that impressed with the tome.

books/sources for a paper i wrote on emptiness in buddhism

PS working

trying to keep my plants alive.

my new curtains

what a beautiful face i have found in this place that is circling all around the sun

2011-02-20T12:12:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore on Thursday which PS and I spent exploring the city as a big date day. we normally don't go out too much to different places...we mostly stick around UBC or go downtown for shows, we don't do much exploring besides that which I know is ridiculous but whatever.

we started out by going for lunch, then ventured to the famous Front & Company where I (somewhat shockingly) have never been to. it was a beautiful store, but of course over-priced for the most part which is why i very rarely shop consignment or vintage stores.

then we went downtown, which was nothing new but did some shopping at H&M and I finally checked out the Joe store. I got a slip dress thing at h&m and a plaid dress on sale at Joe.

after that it was home for tea and we watched Never Let Me Go, which was good and beautifully shot.

for dinner we headed to the Red Onion, a burger place in Kerrisdale my co-worker VP suggested to us. i had the tuna burger (i'm a fish-eating vegetarian) and PS had a veggie burger. it was good and chill and not busy which i appreciated. the food was good but a little expensive because what they charge you for a burger does not include fries, that you have to pay for separate which is a little weird but w/e. still a tasty meal and worth the trip.

then we went to the Pastry Club to pick up dessert. A family friend owns it and I wanted to check it out. It was very cute, but we got there late and so had to get our treats to go. I got a Blueberry Puff and PS got a Apple and Pear Puff. they were quite good- the pastry was definitely home-made and not to tough or flaky. i'm very fussy about my pastry, but this passed the test and I was pleased.

after that we headed home to kill time before going to the Anza Club, which we didn't end up doing because we opted instead to drink champagne (no celebration but it's just my favorite drink right now) and stay in because it was very blustery and cold out and we are fearful like that.

all in all it was a great day and lots of fun, i love our date days.

skirt, sweater: thrifted
shoes: aldo
tank: hand-me-down from RB

Outfit/Inspiration/Interpretation

2011-02-19T18:12:00.001-08:00

a while ago in the beggining of january, i mentioned i would be doing new 'features' on this blog. i've been a little tardy to say the least....but here is the first post of Outfit/Inspiration/Interpretation.

The inspiration: this page from the December 2010 issue of Lucky magazine featuring Josephine de la Baume.

Interpretation: Wore an olive skirt instead of red since I don't have such a skirt, and switched the argyle cardi for a leopard one, also because i don't have a argyle cardigan.

I decided to wear this outfit to the Godspeed You! Black Emperor concert which was Wednesday night....the show was entertaining enough but REALLY long....like 2 and half hours. In terms of other concert criticisms....the images they played in the background with the antique projector was really cool. Buuuuuut thank gawd for their Americana-gothic thing they got going on and the violin makes everything cuz otherwise I heard a lot of Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin....still, it was a fun night out though with PS.

skirt, jacket: thrifted
leopard cardi: urban outfitters
shirt: hand me down from CS
knee-highs: from my granny
boots: payless

no more going to the dark with your flying saucer eyes

2011-02-18T10:36:00.000-08:00

wore this when i went to go meet PS at the airport the other day.

blouse: thrifted
dress: AA
purse: thrifted

though our fathers slept in stolen houses all that's over now

2011-02-17T16:24:00.000-08:00

wore this out and about the other day. i went thrifing, and was pretty pleased. I got a bunch of cloth napkins (which i've been meaning to get but loathed the thought of buying them first-hand and lo and behold I found a set of 9!), and a pretty pink floral duvet cover for $6! And it's a twin, too, so it fits by duvet perfectly. i'm tres pleased, it really brightens up my bedroom.

i also got new drapes, though they're not second-hand they're first hand, they were on sale at urban outfitters online and i quite like them. i feel so grown-up fixing up my apartment like this.

skirt, sweater: thrifted
cream lace tights: Guess (really---got them at an outlet store for $8--who knew?)
shoes: aldo
tank top: joe

happy belated VDAY!

2011-02-17T16:11:00.000-08:00

so wow i've got a bunch of outfits to share from the past little while.

this is what i wore for VDAY....i don't do Valentine's Day, and PS isn't into it either, so although we are really happy with our relationship, we don't do the whole dinner/roses shit. just ain't our style.

to celebrate VDAY, i took Husky Jane and my mum to the UBC production of "A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, & A Prayer". It was pretty good, and they enjoyed it so that's good. I got lots of chocolate vagina's to celebrate hehehehe.

despite my decision not to celebrate Valentine's Day per se, I know a lot of people do, so if you're into researching stuff and being proactive about sexual health and sexuality, here are some recommended things that I use a lot for work:

1. Options for Sexual Health -Canadian, very well-informed and researched, sex-positive, pro-choice, etc, etc. Gold stars for these guys.

2. Scarleteen- relevant for older people to! straight-forward, sex-positive, no bullshit advice on all sorts of issues.

3. This article at Feminsiting. Just food for thought!

skirt: urban outfitters...gifted to me by PS' parents.
tank: VDAY tanktop
tights: joe

with sparks that ring and bullets fly

2011-02-13T21:33:00.000-08:00

this weekend i had my sister Husky Jane out spending the weekend with me it was nice. we went out last night with half the clan, i made us blueberry muffins, and finally....i got my septum pierced! i've been wanting to get it done for so long and I finally took the plunge. it was a bit of a gong show but i'm glad HJ was there to help me out. also, i took out my eyebrow piercing at the advice of the piercing lady who said it was in rough shape. so it seems like a lot of physical changes to me, but i'm pleased.

dress, cardi: thrifted
scarf: gifted from Lydia

bells and whistles

2011-02-09T17:47:00.000-08:00

last night saw the amazing Safeteen again last night at work!! despite the name, their non-violent, assertive communication skills are appropriate for people of all ages. i was so thrilled. i was really nervous about coordinating this event, but it went well.

tonite i'll be working on a presentation, and since neither PS or I feel like cooking we're going to be bad and get take-out from the Noodle Box.

last night at the bus stop i could smell spring. so exciting!

today for our a meeting our opening round question was: what was something you feel people assume about you and what is the truth? for example, i said that i feel like people think i'm really prissy and don't have to lift a damn finger-- but the truth is i've been working since i was 12, was raised in the country, and about half my jobs have been farm labour. what would you say?

shorts, sweater, scarf: thrifted
belt: my mum's

le Moulin

2011-02-07T16:50:00.000-08:00

the Sasquatch line-up was released. i am devastated. i am not going this year but PS and KY are and it's going to be so good and i'm not going to be there. i'm very jealous. heavy sigh. it will be at the start of summer for us uni kids and this year i will be in school and working on a new business scheme (completely unrelated to clothes and fashion actually).

vaguely morbid things i find inspiring:

Michelangelo's Pieta
The Contemplative Magpie by Melchior d'Hondecoeter
hershey's marshmallow hearts

shirt: grizzly bear concert tshirt borrowed from PS
cardi: thrifted
pants and socks: joe
oxfords: aldo
necklace: buddhist prayer beads from India

this isn't DUKE ellington its DUCK ellington

2011-02-06T11:50:00.000-08:00

such a busy past few days. got a bunch of banking stuff worked out, worked on coordinating a special presentation for work, etc.

i finally got my shoes back from the quick cobbler (it only took a week but i was down 4 pairs of shoes so yea....). i'm pleased to announce that they turned out perfectly fine. i got a pair of boots re-heeled, and two pairs of shoes stretched. i've never stretched my shoes before but i got them back and they fit perfectly now, i just needed them stretched a half-size. i also got them to fix another pair of plain blakc oxfords whose sole at the toes had come off and was flapping around and tripping my up when i walked. i'm very rough on my shoes, but i think these repairs will be solid so far as i can tell.

cardi: thrifted
scarf: made it myself
tank: hand me down from RB
skirt: monk and lou on sale at plenty
tights: thermal tights by jessica
docs

count it up, cut it down, this is your family tree

2011-02-02T09:21:00.000-08:00

this afternoon, after work and school i will b going to a presentation on Sex & The Law by one of the public educators from Options for Sexual Health. it's going to be on the legalities behind consent, abortion, sexual harassment, etc, so it'll no doubt be very informative and intriguing. tonite me and PS will be going to Amelie which is playing at the theatre in the SUB. we've both seen it but it's obviously an great movie and it'll be a nice night out for us.

jeans: urban outfitters
docs
hat: gifted from PS
shirt: got it on sale at Plenty
necklace: gift from mum, she got it in India

all of us actors in some cosmic play

2011-02-01T09:33:00.000-08:00

it is relatively cold out today but sunny, so if you live in Van and think that i'm crazy for wearing this, i'd like to point i'm wearing fleece-lined tights and i will be adding a black hoodie to this ensemble for more warmth ;)

nothing too new around here..made a good dinner last night for PS and I, watched Parks and Recreation (good to see a woman lead for a comedy show, no?), enjoying the new cold war kids album, etc.

hope ya'll have a good day!

shorts, shoes, pink cardigan: thrifted
pink flower blouse: joe
anorak: F21
fleece-lined tights: jessica thermal tights

advice from the master, derailed by disaster

2011-01-29T14:48:00.001-08:00

went out today to seek out a new shoe repair shop. i have a bunch of shoes that need fixing so stay tuned for how it worked out in case you are in Vancouver seeking a good cobbler.

last night for the first time ever i painted my nails black. i have purposely avoided painting them black because i have always thought it looks cheap (no offense to you fans out there i'm just a fussy girl) but I got OPI Black Onyx and I think I like it. PS gave me the idea. He so rarely gives me any input on my wardrobe I was taken rather aback and thought i'd try it since he thought it "might look nice". funny kid.

baking some more bread with the bread machine. I am trying out the French Bread recipe today.

blouse: joe
skirt, shoes,coat: thrifted
hat: on sale last winter from UO, pins and needles.

a quick portrait.

2011-01-28T23:16:00.000-08:00

Was I Not Fun? (Playlist for Family Units, Part 2)

I Always Wanted To Be A Tenenbaum by Mark Mothersbaugh
My Father's Gun by Elton John
After the Afterlife by Chad VanGaalen
Don't Carry it All by the Decemberists
Temporary One by Fleetwood Mac
Lullaby (Mountain) by The Acorn
White Doves by Young Empire
Knockin' on Heaven's Door cover by Antony and the Johnsons
O Children by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Bad Things Coming, We Are Safe by Emmy The Great
Our House by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
English Girls Approximately by Ryan Adams
Your Hands (Together) by the New Pornographers
Sam's Town by the Killers
Who Could Win a Rabbit by Animal Collective
Good Intentions Paving Company by Joanna Newsom

" i never understood her myself, i never understood any of us"
-Royal from The Royal Tenenbaums

here's a hymn to welcome in the day

2011-01-26T08:35:00.000-08:00

tried a new hairstyle yesterday. i refuse to cut my hair any shorter than necessary to get rid of the split ends and, as such, my hair is super-long, super thick, and more or less out of control at all times.so, when i find a new hairstyle i might like i'm very pleased.

last night i saw Dissolve again for work which was, of course, amazing. today i'm working on a paper proposal and working, etc, etc.

by the way, these tights, which i got two pairs of this past weekend at Sears are lined with fleece! i'm talking a very thin layer of polar fleece which sounds weird but oh my gosh i'm so thrilled about this discovery....as it's evident with this blog, I really don't like wearing pants, i prefer skirts, but that is mostly incredibly impractical as it is almost always raining in Vancouver. this fleece business is therefore SUPER exciting for me--i can wear my skirts, keep warm, and only wear one pair of tights instead of 2 hehehe.

skirt: F21
top, scarf, shoes: thrifted
fleece tights: Jessica Thermal Tights, available at Sears

down by the water, down by the old main drag

2011-01-25T10:27:00.000-08:00

skirt, blouse: thrifted
lace tights: can't remember right now
mary-janes/dance shoes: thrifted
hat: deena and ozzy

so this past weekend i got a breadmaker (this outfit is actually from last week, however). i'm quite thrilled, i made one big loaf of white bread and i made another one last night/early this morning. that was a mistake. i timed it so that it would automatically start cooking at 4 am and be ready when I woke up at 7. however, i forgot how noisy it was and so PS and I were rather alarmed at 4 in the morning when the machine starting whizzing and banging away. so amusing. the bread turned out perfectly though, i'm thrilled to death over here. i eat it with lotsa raspberry jam. i figured it would be a good idea to get one since bread is so expensive nowadays, or relatively expensive, and that's just for the gross dempsters/mass produced stuff. artisan/bakery bread is oftentimes even more expensive. so anyhoo, i figured this little machine would be a good investment.

I'm Not A Feminist But....

2011-01-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

so here is the first little post of one of the new blog columns I mentioned.

take it with a pinch of salt/take it to the taxman.

thoughts? or at least it's something to think about.

thanks to young ST for getting me this for christmas!

*for the record, in case it isn't screamingly obvious I am a feminist, no doubts there hehehehe.

once upon it, yellow bonnet

2011-01-19T18:03:00.000-08:00

here's what i've been up to the last few weeks (during this sparse/no-post period):

-enjoying the new decemberists album
- eating too much udon soup
-obsessing over ways to pack healthy lunches
-celebrating PS' 22nd bday....too much champagne and political debates but so much fun
-campaigning/politicking/actvism
-winning at scrabble
-saw black swan again with RB....stay tuned for my opinion/review of it
- breakfast at the naam
-watched totoro with PS
-enjoying my classes for the most part
-thinking about getting my septum pierced and tending to my ever-irritated eyebrow piercing....thank god for Polysporin.
-collecting fruits for Seymour's shrine
- admiring feisty women who say what they want and call bullshit when they see it
- seeing the amazing JACLYN FRIEDMAN speak here at UBC!!!
-learning about the abolitionist and decriminalization models of prostitution
-had dinner with PS and KY and wept over its failure
-making bread with my new breadmaker!!!!!!!
-dealing with pesky, rude neighbors....i don't take shit from no one and i'm not about to start now.
-almost crying over the AMS elections results....

can you tell me who you were singing for?

2011-01-13T21:22:00.000-08:00

wow so no posting lately....january has proven to be, and will continue to be a VERY busy month for me....work, a tougher set of courses, and keeping track of and attending events related to the up and coming AMS elections (the student government of UBC). love it/hate it/addicted.

watched stranger than fiction the other day on tv while doing homework. i'm definitely in a comedy.

am i a champion? (playlist for daily revolutionaries)

naked if i want to by cat power (the jukebox b-sides version)
modern man by arcade fire
did you see the words by animal collective
if you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tough by karen o
mouthful of diamonds by phantogram
dear sons and daughters of hungry ghosts by wolf parade
marrow by st. vincent
black swan by thom yorke
the grey goose by burl ives
holland, 1945 by neutral milk hotel

hat: urban outfitters
sweater, jacket, boots: thrifted
pants: joe
gold panther pi: F21

New Features on Glittering Bones

2011-01-05T14:12:00.000-08:00

How I Wear.....Animal Prints:

-The jacket is super-hideous, no? I love it though. I feel like its tackiness requires a certain outfit that is equally tacky, ridiculous, or otherwise stupidly extravagant.
-The cardigan I got on sale at Urban Outfitters a few years ago. I bought it on impulse, because before this little cardi I didn't wear animal prints at all. The cardi is lighter and almost pastel-y which is what made it so easy to incorporate into my wardrobe which largely consists of other prints. Now I have more animal-print pieces and am enjoying them.
-These pants are just weird. I think fancy that they're a zebra-print sort of a deal. They are thrifted and genuinely from the 70s or 80s or whatever. The stripes, which were probably once black have faded to a charcoal grey, which makes them much more wearable I think.

Original Posts:

Zebra Pants 1
Leopard Jacket 1
Leopard Jacket 2
Leopard Cardigan
Zebra Pants 2

hey everyone. okay, so i was all excited to post some outfits for the new year but alas i have been struck down in the prime of my youth my an illness--strep throat--and since i'm looking sickly and gross i have decided not to post outfits. today i am taking the day off school/work and am lounging around the house in my flannel pajamas reading harry potter. so glamorous, right?

HOWEVER, i will take this opportunity to introduce three new 'features' that will appear on this blog in the future, an example of one above. those of you who follow me know i'm a very basic outfit-posting blogger and not much else...i do playlists once in a while but that's about it. anyhoo, here are the three new-ish things, which I will label for your convenience.

1. How I Wear.....
In this feature I will go back through past posts and re-post outfits based on a theme, like a wardrobe remix sort of a deal.

2. I'm Not A Feminist But.....
Those of you who read my blog regularly know that I'm obviously a very loud-and-proud die-hard feminist. I don't expect everyone who reads this blog to be a feminist or pro-feminist or whatever, that's not my business. For Christmas, young ST got me a funny little book called "I'm Not A Feminist But..." by Adele Lang and Susi Rajah. I figure I'll just post pictures of some of the pages of the book, not because they're especially visually appealing but because they've got good little questions or food-for-thought that are interesting to think about or at least conversation-starters of sorts. PS (who is also a feminist) and I have been pondering over the pages of late, so I thought I'd share it with ya'll.

3. Outfit/Inspiration/Interpretation
In this, I will post a picture of something that inspires me style-wise, whether it be a street-style pic I found on another blog, or a page from a magazine, break down the outfit, and post my interpretation of it and explain what about this outfit caught my eye.

if i could just leave my body for the night

2011-01-01T18:38:00.000-08:00

here's another california outfit. today PS and I went to go get my laptop repaired, and the good news is that the repair will be free because it's a mac screw up thing that's covered so yaaaaaaay!

it's cold out here in van so if you're here, please go drink some tea.

skirt: thrifted
scarf: borrowed from husky jane
romper worn as shirt: target

i got a fist so i got a plan

2011-01-01T18:35:00.000-08:00

hello everyone, happy new years! i hope you all have had a good winter holiday so far.

i'm sorry for the complete lack of posts lately, my laptop is terribly messed up right now and things had to be put on hold. right now i'm using PS' laptop.

i was in La Quinta, California with my dmaily for the 26th-30th and amongst several amusing episodes picked grapefruits off trees, watched a little hummingbird build a nest in the lamp outside, got the most expensive haircut of my life (it's no different, i just got the usual split ends trimmed off, etc), saw Harry Potter 7.1 for the second time (!!!!!!!!!!!), etc.

last night was new years and for the first time PS and I were able to celebrate it together, as for the past two years we were at our respective homes for the winter break. it was great, we went to the Biltmore with KY & Co. and danced our brains out. we were standing right in front of the stage at midnight and got more or less blasted in the face with confetti it was tres amusing. i drank almost an entire bottle of champagne but today i'm not feeling too bad so that's good.

christmas was good, HJ and I managed to get to all 3 family dinners in 24 hours which was quite the feat. i was happy to see all my families, and i was spoiled rotten by everyone with presents.

tonite PS and I are watching Gigantic and then I will probably start to re-read HP7 for the 2nd time this year alone. having seen the movie, i feel I need to read it again despite the fact I just re-read it in october i think....

(click on the pics to see the whole shebang i think they get cut off though it looks normal-ish on my comp atm)

dress: thrifted
hat: urban outfitters (deena and ozzy)
socks: joe
shoes: aldo
necklace: from mum's trip to India

disastrous repeat of the Mort episode

2010-12-16T16:28:00.000-08:00

today i headed into campus to drop off my last big paper of the term, yay!

i had some time to kill so I meandered about the MOA gift shop for awhile and did some reading (totally unrelated to school, also a bonus!). then i met KY for lunch and we headed to his place and he made us some good pasta. it was a mildly entertaining luncheon as always.

now i am at home attempting to put together the cardboard deer and bison trophy PS got me for christmas. i had to open it early, i've been dying for some creatures to put on my wall.

top: gap hand-me-down from mum
suspenders: borrowed from PS
jeans: urban outfitters
socks: joe
shoes: aldo
hat: urban outfitters last year on sale for only $5!

now we're here and you're here

2010-12-15T11:17:00.000-08:00

yesterday was fun and busy. my cousin SY is a terribly talented make-up artiste and is currently in make-up school here in Van and she needed a model so I modeled for her all morning, we did three different looks it was quite amusing. i thought she did a really good job. i was a little nervous, because i actually have a bit of an issue with male photographers...i've had lots of weird/mildly amusing/creepy experiences with random guys thinking they can just take my picture so when possible i much prefer having my picture taken by a woman. things were fine however, the photographer guy was nice and i had a hard time keeping a straight face because SY kept laughing at me as I attempted to do the model-y poses he wanted me to do. it was a good morning though.

after i got home i pretty much got straight to work on a huge paper i have due tmrw. i still managed to watch Shrek, however, because it was on TV and I like the first one best so I wrote my paper while I watched it.

as a side note, here is a 'Winter' themed playlist. I recognize that not all of us celebrate Christmas or other winter holidays, so here is a funny little playlist to play when you're feeling cold or warm and cozy or whatever.

It's Freezing On This Platform Playlist

1. Making a Fire by Holly Throsby
2. White Winter Hymnal by Fleet Foxes
3. Winter Wonder Land by Animal Collective
4. Double Dutch Queens by Nathan Johnson & The Cinematic Underground
5. The Crane Wife 1&2 by the Decemberists
6. Head Home by Midlake
7. Paperweight Room by Broken Social Scene
8. Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route) by Beirut
9. Play the Game by Beach House
10. Blood Bank by Bon Iver

skirt, shirt, shoes: thrifted
hair-bow: DIY

modcloth wish list

2010-12-14T15:01:00.000-08:00

Send-Off Kiss Dress

Chic Not Shy Gloves

Modern Fairytale Dress

The Chantilly Grace Skirt

Bake-Off Champion Top

since i don't have a credit card, i never shop online. it's probably a good thing though, since I'm always creeping Modcloth, and would likely spend all my monies on the adorable clothes they have (like many of you, i'm sure). above are 5 lovely pieces from Modcloth that i'm currently hung up on....so purdy.

the women just stare from the window

2010-12-13T15:25:00.000-08:00

i had a very amusing weekend. i went home for my mums bday and the weekend was perfect chaos, as usual, filled with monopoly, good food, kisses for zooey,family dinner, and Christmas decorating.

now i am home. my new couch came (it's just a little blue futon) and i'm very excited about this as i have been sans couch for a while and it was very annoying. mum helped me clean up my apartment which was really nice of her and now it looks great again.

dress, grey hooded shirt thing: thrifted
army jacket: F21
toque: AA

double dutch queens

2010-12-10T11:52:00.000-08:00

have to run out at buy my mum's present in a bit. i'm going home this weekend to celebrate her (and aunty P cuz they're twins) bday. i'm excited to see my sisters and drag my baby zooey around like a ragdoll.

don't mind the last shot, i was messing around with effects.

skirt: AA
cardi, childs dress worn as shirt, shawl, shoes: thrifted
tights: joe

Thanks, MTV Style!

2010-12-10T06:56:00.000-08:00

I was featured on the MTV Style Blog yesterday!! So exciting!

If you would like to see the original post with this outfit, click here. To see another outfit of mine where I'm wearing a different cape, click here.

Hope you all have a great day!

but i wasn't there to be cared for or carried.

2010-12-09T18:27:00.000-08:00

here is what i wore today. i had to go downtown to deal with stupid internet/cable issues which was annoying but it was nice to get out to a part of the city i don't normally go to.

this blazer is a recent thrifted find, it is so hideous but i love the colours.

dress, blazer, shoes, purse: thrifted
tights: h&m
hairbow: made for me by Lydia.

a millpond, a stillborn, a house?

2010-12-09T12:21:00.000-08:00

here is an outfit inspired by Penelope in the Brothers Bloom, a movie that i'm obsessed with as you no doubt know if you've been following my blog for a while.

last night was amusing,a bunch of things happened, but most importantly i think, i ordered a new couch! its just a simple ugly little futon from the Brick (cheaper than Ikea, and i don't have to assemble it myself, who knew??) so i'm excited about that. I have been couch-less for about 2 and half months now and i'm surprised at how annoying it has been.

today its writing another damn essay, like every other student i just want to get all this end of term shit over with and go home.

sweater, clutch, shoes: thrifted
sweater-dress: can't remember, its not thrifted though.
hat: urban outfitters on sale last winter.

balloons were never meant for speed

2010-12-08T16:49:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore yesterday which pretty much consisted of studying, working, and then writing an exam.

sweater: L.L. Bean via thrift store
skirt: thrifted
waffle shirt: thrifted
scarf: knitted for me by ET
necklace: from my mum

black sheep

2010-12-06T14:32:00.000-08:00

please excuse my little blogging 'break', i hadn't realized its been so long since i last posted. i put my poor cat down Saturday the 27th and have been very melancholy and sad ever since, but i'm starting to get back on track again. i know it was the right thing to do but it is very, very sad coming home to an empty apartment everyday.

today is December 6th which is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, to honour the women who were killed in the Montreal Massacre. I went to the Dec. 6th conference put on by Vancouver Rape Relief on Saturday and really enjoyed myself and learned a lot. it is so important to continue raising awareness about violence against women because it is still such an ongoing and important issue.

school has officially ended for the term, and now it is the exam period. i have my first exam tmrw, which i will go study for some more now....

boots, cardi, skirt: thrifted
shirt: gifted to me by mum
scarf: gifted to me and made by KF
socks: shoppers drug mart

home is where butter is added to toast

2010-11-24T19:43:00.000-08:00

so its been freezing the past few days with occasional flurries. i have learned a few tricks about layering for a day that involves running around outside going from class to class and waiting at bus stops. here are my tricks:

1. wear pantyhose and knee socks with jeans. if you wear tight skinny jeans like me, tights are feel a little too bulky, but pantyhose are thin but still add an extra layer, and the knee socks make up for the rest. 2 pairs of socks for boots also works well.

2. layering like crazy. in today's outfit i am wearing two pairs of tights, socks, and a normal long-sleeve shirt under the dress shirt. undershirts/camisoles are great as well.

3. hats and scarves make the world of difference. really. also, get gloves that cover your wrists well. i don't know why, but when it's really cold out, the first thing i feel go numb are my wrists and then i can't write notes, so longer gloves are great for this.

4. cold, dry weather = static and extremely dry skin. at least for me. static guard works well and so does neutrogena Norwegian formula hand-cream.

5. remember if its cold out you can still wear skirts and tights, as mentioned above, but for more fun, wear colored tights under lace/open/fishnet ones, or sheer pantyhose under colored tights for warmth.

these may all seem obvious, but i've finally accepted these after all these years and i'm much more comfortable out there.

what do you do to look stylish while keeping warm?

skirt, blazer: thrifted
dress shirt: joe
necklace: F21
boots: payless

Inspiration: American Betty

2010-11-18T15:36:00.000-08:00

the pics are from this spread in Foam Magazine (January 2010) called 'American Betty'. the whole shoot is so good. anyhoo, these pics are what inspired my hairdo for my anniversary dinner.

the last shot is an up-close of this hideous but charming little purse i got for a $1.50 at a strange little shop down the road.

OH BUT WE GO OUT AT NIGHT

2010-11-18T15:32:00.000-08:00

this is what i wore out last night for our anniversary celebration. i really wanted to wear something colurful and try my hair in a sort of 1940s victory rolls style. i was inspired by this spread in Foam, I have taken two pics of the shoot and they are in the post below.

dress:F21
tights: joe
purse: thrifted
pears: claires

i am yours, you are mine, you are what you are.

2010-11-14T11:51:00.001-08:00

this evening mum and Husky Jane get back from India!!!!! I'm so excited, the old mang is coming to pick me up at 5 and we're going to go meet them when they arrive! husky jane has been away for 3 months and mum has been gone for 3 weeks. they're the only ones who speak my language, you know? i rely on a quote from F&Z by Salinger to illustrate:

"We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geomatry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle."

today is also Transgender Day of Rememberance. PS and I went to a workshop last night run by some of our friends on how to be an ally to trans people. it was informative and amusing.

here are some of the albums PS got me for our anniversary. the 4th one is on its way. such meaningful essay-writing music.

by the way, it SNOWED last night! i woke up to see covered in snow and it was quite nice. its mostly melted away now but still freezing cold of course. its supposed to snow more over the next few days so that should prove amusing.

skirt, flower sweater thing, shoes: thifted
tights: joe

hope you have a lot of nice things to wear

2010-11-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

so it is bitter cold today. wearing this outfit was a HUGE mistake. well, wearing just one pair of tights was a huge mistake. should have worn a pair of pantyhose under the mustard tights. thought my legs from the knees down would get frostbitten. tmrw i will dress for a day that promises to be even more cold.

right now i am sulking with seymour and i'm drinking a mug of hot chocolate which was half-full of the flavored mini-marshmallows. i really like mini-marshmallows, they taste much better than the normal sized ones. once, i had a dream i was eating a giant marshmallow, and when i woke up, my pillow was gone....

skirt: thrifted
tights: h&m
black sweater over longsleeve black shirt: gap via thrift store
shoes: aldo

Lord i just can't go out the door

2010-11-14T11:47:00.002-08:00

what a busy week it has been! so much scandal.

today, i am very happy to say, is our (PS & myself) Two Year Anniversary!!!!! i'm very happy. tonite we are just going out for dinner and then to a movie maybe. i knitted him a black circle scarf and painted him a picture and he bought me all 4 Ratatat albums on vinyl! so pleased. i think we're a very good match.

skirt: target
plaid shirt and white cardi: thrifted
knee socks: joe
scarf: made by the lovely KF for meeee

in that house on the hill

2010-11-14T11:47:00.001-08:00

busy last few days. i had 2 papers due yesterday, 1 due today, and another one due tmrw. and amidst all that there is work and other various distracting things.

on the weekend I went with RB to the BWSS Warehouse Sale. The sale itself was fine, it was good for stocking up on basics but not much else. It was a little disorganized but i walked away with a bunch of good stuff and a nice new coat. the most disappointing thing about this sale however, was that i felt the store clerks were following me thinking i would steal stuff. this was the first time this has happened to me. i felt especially insulted because i bought so much that would support their cause, which would go to the BWSS (Battered Womens Support Services) Vancouver program and support services, I obviously happen to be very involved in anti-violence work, which they didn't know of course, but it hurt being treated like a criminal by women who share the same interests in this cause as I do. I also felt like they were questioning my ability to afford some of the things I purchased. The sale was set up so that you could fill a big bag of clothes for $40 or a smaller bag for $15. I had a $40 bag 3/4s full and RB made a very good suggestion that I switch to two smaller bags so it was cheaper, and so I did. While the woman who was in charge of the bags was accommodating, she was like, "you know, this all goes to a really good cause and this would normally cost you like $100" and i shot right back, "yes, i know. I get nearly all my clothes at thrift stores and as a matter a fact, everything i am wearing right now IS from a thrift store," which was true about the outfit i was wearing then. yes, i was able to afford all that clothing after careful budgeting, and besides, it is WINTER goddamnit and i NEED sweaters. all the sweaters I own are second-hand or ones that I have had for 5+ years. no joke. i didn't need their judgment, thank-you very much. mind you, i should take it as a compliment that my outfit looked good enough that it could past for expensive, first-hand clothes....at anyrate, i got some good purchases and saved a lot of money and was glad to support the cause, and I was glad to go shopping with a friend, but I would never shop at My Sister's Closet again because I felt so disrespected. It was quite the experience.

skirt: thrifted
tshirt: joe on sale
cardi: old navy from 7 years ago

how we're all so upset about the disappearing ground

2010-11-12T20:51:00.000-08:00

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this is what i wore to school on friday, finishing a week of outfits inspired by the movie 'The Edge of Love'. however, i think i will continue on with outfits that are variations on this theme. i'm just feeling it, you know?

this weekend i will be writing, oh, 4 papers or so. it's gonna be a treat....

skirt, sweater, shoes: thrifted