Skylarks & Hurricanes

Music

2010-09-06T13:27:00.000-07:00

Bye bye summer.

Today's Look

2010-09-03T13:46:00.000-07:00

Last party of the summer tonight before the fall semester of Uni starts!

Today I wore:

Brown fringed tank top - Old Navy ($15)
Black cami - Urban Planet ($5)
Yellow & Brown knee length skirt - Blue Plate ($12 at thrift store)
NYX Mega Shine Lip Gloss in Sugar Pie ($8)
Sephora by O.P.I Nail Color in Nonfat Soy Half Caff ($12)

Sitting around the house waiting to get picked up, I decided it was about time to start my own little Lookbook. Why not?

Enjoy!

Photographs & Quotes

2010-09-01T15:18:00.000-07:00

Half of me is ocean, half of me is sky.

I would like to be the air that inhabits you, for a moment only. I would like to be that unnoticed, and that necessary.

In that absolute silence, you think of water. Always, you think of water. Not to quench a thirst, but to drown, only not to die. Not the dying part. The impossibilities, the ever-lasting dreams, that hand, that memory... those forgotten words.

The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here, and you are there.
- Yasutani Roshi

Safety pins are holding up the things that make you mine.

Music

2010-08-17T15:13:00.000-07:00

Been a while. Rock on.

Music;;

2009-12-26T16:45:00.000-08:00

We Are The City

Tutankamon

Have you ever been in love?

Photographs & Quotes

2009-12-15T23:30:00.000-08:00

I've been so busy with university and Christmas and life. Let's slow down. Am I allowed to slow down?

To me it looks so pretty burning.

So here I am alive at last
And I'll savor every moment of this

Suddenly, all I can think about are all the things I don't know about him. All the things I never had time to learn. I don't know if his feet are ticklish or how long his toes are. I don't know what nightmares he had as a child. I don't know which stars are his favorites, what shapes he sees in the clouds. I don't know what he is truly afraid of or what memories he holds closest.

We just wanted to feel alive I guess, knowing we couldn't stop how fast we were dying.

We're so close to something
Better left unknown
I can feel it in my bones

If somebody's got soul, If somebody's got soul, If somebody's got soul you've got to make them move.

And it's one life, and it's this life, and it's beautiful.

I'm young. I live in a house that my father owns and I sleep in a bed that my father bought. Nothing is mine except my heart and my fears and my growing knowledge that not every road is going to lead home anymore.

And I'm not so afraid, lost at sea, as I should be.

I bought white softly glowing Christmas lights to string up along the walls of my bedroom. The last time I was this excited about such a small thing was when he painted me a picture with words. They warm my soul a little bit. And I find myself wanting a little bit more.

- Vayy

Photographs & Quotes;;

2009-11-19T20:40:00.001-08:00

I think everyone should have the chance to experience a magical picnic, at least once. Including you. And me. And you over there, too.

I'm timeless, like a broken watch.

We will make everything wrong in the right way.

City fog and brave dialogue converge on the frontier
Make haste, I feel your heartbeat

I'm setting us in stone
Piece by piece before I'm alone

You say I chose sadness, that it never once has chosen me.
Maybe you're right.

I want something else. I'm not even sure what to call it anymore except I know it feels roomy and it's drenched in sunlight and it's weightless and I know it's not cheap. Probably not even real.

P.S. How great would it be to live in a tree house?

Music;;

2009-11-16T18:06:00.000-08:00

Don't judge. Just watch. There's something profound here in the video that you only get when you stop thinking about if it's good music, or if the dancers are pretty, or if the singer is creepy, or if it makes any sense. And yes there's blood, so if you're fragile, just skip this one.

Does it matter how?
Does it matter when?
If you market yourself for blood
How do you come back?

Some music just makes you slow down and I find myself searching for that more and more. Highway by Lightning Dust lets you do just that. Its just forest and foliage and it feels almost whimsical and a little frightening and it's wonderful.

Story People;;

2009-11-15T23:30:00.000-08:00

Brian Andreas is an artist and writer who I adore. Though his art is targeted to children in some respects, I find that it has a wide appeal. And his writings which I have no idea how to describe other than as sentences with immense emotional resonance, are often very simple, but very striking.

"She said she usually cried at least once each day not because she was sad, but because the world was so beautiful & life was so short."
Brian Andreas

"I like butter & sugar & being alive a whole lot & today I'm kind of sad because with all the latest studies I figured out I'm going to have to choose."
Brian Andreas

"There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each others cooking & say it was good."
Brian Andreas

"The clock is a conspiracy & a crime against humanity & I would not own one except I miss appointments without it."
Brian Andreas

His website Story People has a store and if you click in the top left-hand side on Storyland, and then Browse, you can read through his quotations and they really are worthwhile. Personally, I'd love to get one of his card sets, or a tote bag. You can never have enough tote bags.

Fashion;;

2009-11-13T22:06:00.000-08:00

Not only am I fan of street fashion, I'm also a fan of making fun of bad celebrity fashion. And the best site around for this has to be Go Fug Yourself. Some ladies took an opportunity to call out the fashion disasters that celebs try to get away with at events and just around town, and they do it with sarcasm and sass. What's not to love? I have this site in my tabs and check it everyday. It's addictive and hilarious and I highly recommend taking a look.

"It's not that I hate things that are sparkly. It's that I think Eva Mendes may have arrived at this event via confetti cannon."

"That dress is a very, very sad sack. It could even be an ugly shirt over a mini-skirt. All I know is, she has no business wearing a glorified lobster bib to a party unless her date is a man-sized crustacean."

"It's like Peaches and Cream Barbie on top, C3P0 on the bottom."

Go Fug Yourself

Crafts;;

2009-11-13T16:38:00.000-08:00

I made a cute little pinafore for my teddy bear a few months back, but I just got to taking pictures last week. I found the free pattern for a girl's pinafore, and altered it slightly. I also had to scale it down, but it wasn't a problem at all. I think it turned out really well. I want to add some lace for the outsides of the sleeves, and make him (yes, the bear is a boy) a little dress for underneath, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I haven't found the right fabric, but once I do, it'll be adorable.

I found the free pattern HERE, and used the Simple Pinafore pattern under Children's Patterns. Enjoy!

Polaroids;;

2009-11-12T22:22:00.000-08:00

I love the vintage, washed-out look of old Polaroids and I came across this awesome blog run by a girl who takes them and sells them. You can get each for only 12$ plus shipping. I think they're lovely, and make great gifts. Each one, is one of a kind!

Check it out!

Today's Polaroid

Music;;

2009-11-11T20:42:00.000-08:00

I updated the layout and made a new banner for the site! I think it's much prettier now.

Anyway, here are two more of my favorite new obsessions: The XX and The Kills.

The XX

The Kills

Check them out! If you know of any cool bands, please let me know. I'm always looking for new music to add to my collection.

Thrifty Finds;;

2009-11-11T14:51:00.000-08:00

I was at Value Village last week to get some fabric and I found these adorable little metal, gold-plated owls. I had to have them. And for only 2$ each, it was a total steal. I have no idea where they originally came from, or where to get more, but I wish I did! They're too cute.

What's great about them, is that they can just be decorations, or they can be book ends. They might not look it, but they're actually quite heavy. For now they're hanging out on one of my shelves. I wanted to stick them on my bookshelf, but they just got lost. And anyway, I like the contrast they create.

Any ideas of what to name them?

Fashion;;

2009-11-11T01:20:00.000-08:00

I am really loving more girly attire lately, as I mentioned below. Especially vintage and hippie inspired cuts and patterns. They're so adorable. Too bad you have to be size 0 to look good in most stuff. And lets face it, with winter coming and all those delicious Egg Nog Latte's at Starbucks? Who's going to be losing weight?

Not me. That's for sure.

And did you know that Mini Eggs will now be available all year round? If you know me, you know they are like heroine to me. I love those things. My mother bought me a packet yesterday and I nearly jumped up and down with glee.

Anyway, here's some awesome finds from ModCloth. (Love this store!)

ModCloth.com

Fashion;;

2009-11-09T20:42:00.000-08:00

I am completely addicted to LOOKBOOK.nu

This season I rekindled my love of skirts and dresses. I need to go shopping. I hunger for peasant prints and thigh-high socks.

Words;;

2009-11-09T17:58:00.001-08:00

I like to collect quotes. Words. Lyrics. Phrases. I'm always looking for new ways to say things in the right way.

It's the caffeine, the nicotine, the miligrams of tar
It's my habitat, it needs to be cleaned, it's my car
It's the fast talk they use to abuse and feed my brain
It's the cat box it needs to be changed, it's the pain
It's women, it's the plight for power it's government
It's the way you're giving knowledge
slow with thought control and subtle hints
It's rubbing it, It's itching it, It's applying cream
It's the foreigners sight seeing with high beams, It's in my dreams
It's the monsters that I conjure, It's the marijuana
It's embarrassment, displacement, it's where I wander
It's my genre, It's Madonna's videos
It's game shows, cheap liquor, blunts,
and bumper stickers with rainbows
It's angels, demons, gods, it's the white devils
It's the monitors, the soundman, it's the fucking mic levels
It's gas fumes, fast food, Tommy Hil' and mommy's pill
Columbia House music club, designer drugs and rhyming thugs
It's bloods, crips, fives, six
It's stick up kids,
It's christian conservative terrorists, it's porno flicks
It's the east coast, no it's the west coast
It's public schools, it's asbestos
It's mentholated, It's techno
It's sleep, life, and death
It's speed, coke, and meth
It's hay fever, pain relievers, oral sex, and smokers breath
It stretches for as far as the eye can see

Give me inner vision, kill the superstition and the confidence
Built the tolerance, now it's more that I consume it
When it boards up my room, the world's whores will croon in unison
Unify the eulogy, autopsy pages read euthanasia, I.E., irony
But here I be within a pool of my drool
Sedated, windows dilated, comatose, life overdose
Tell Jacob Miles to keep it wild style
I promise I'll smile
And check the floor, God's got nice tile.

I'll get right to the point. this is really about lust. however you cut it, it's about lust.
Lust for power, lust for social position, lust for love.
When we act our emotions out, we do things we never would have believed possible.
We can perform acts of great courage or act out vile cowardice.
We can stand honorable in he face of temptation,
or we can betray all of our morals in a moment of passion.
That's what this is all about.
That's what we're here for.
Acting. Passion. And hopefully, along the way, we'll learn a things or two about ourselves

What makes all of us hate? We're all the same, we roll the dice and we play your game. We complicate, show us the way before it's too long and the whole thing breaks. We have a name, we all create everything else from mistakes we've made. We'll make a change, we'll concentrate before we suffocate. What makes everything change? We're not the same, we all get stuck in the same cliche. We're taking aim, we dominate, put on the pressure until the whole thing breaks. How come we wait? Why do we hate? We'll throw it away like the last crusade. We'll rearrange, we need to change before we suffocate.

Maybe we like the pain. Maybe we're weird that way.
Because without it, I don't know; maybe we just wouldn't feel real.
What's that saying? Why do I keep hitting myself with a hammer?
Because it feels so good when I stop.

Creatures;;

2009-11-08T17:41:00.000-08:00

Real or imagined. Stuffed or ceramic. How can you not love them?
I started working on a little clay fawn a while ago... I should finish it and post up some pictures.

Chuck Palahniuk;;

2009-11-08T14:25:00.000-08:00

This guy is honestly one of my all time favorite authors. His writing is so.. bizarre. I love it. Here are some of my favorite quotes:

If I could wake up in a different place, at a different time, could I wake up as a different person?
Fight Club

This is your life, and it's ending one minute at a time.
Fight Club

Nothing is static. Everything is falling apart.
Fight Club

There will be mistakes, and maybe the point is not to forget the rest of yourself if one little part might go bad.
Fight Club

You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake. You are the same decaying organic matter as everyone else.
Fight Club

You're not your name. You're not your problems. You're not your age. You are not your hopes. You will not be saved.
Fight Club

Under and behind and inside everything I took for granted, something horrible has been growing. Everything has fallen apart.
Fight Club

We just are. We just are, and what happens just happens.
Fight Club

Another thing is no matter how much you think you love somebody, you'll step back when the pool of their blood edges up too close.
Invisible Monsters

When did the future switch from being a promise to being a threat?
Invisible Monsters

Only when we eat up this planet will God give us another. We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create.
Invisible Monsters

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everybody I've ever known.
Invisible Monsters

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.
Invisible Monsters

Don't do what you want. Do what you don't want. Do what you're trained not to want. It's the opposite of following your bliss. Do the things that scare you the most.
Invisible Monsters

It wasn't horrible, but it wasn't love.
Invisible Monsters

Love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, I'll be anybody you want me to be. Use me. Change me. I can be thin with big breasts and big hair. Take me apart. Make me into anything, but just love me.
Invisible Monsters

If you're into strange and beautiful and violent fiction, this is your guy.

Chuck Palahniuk

Books;;

2009-11-07T15:47:00.000-08:00

One day I will have a library in my house. I have to. Books are like air to me. Necessary.

Music;;

2009-11-07T13:24:00.000-08:00

I am loving Owl City and new Metric.

Owl City - Fireflies

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep, cause everything is never as it seems.

A foxtrot above my head,
A sock-hop beneath my bed,
The disco ball is just hanging by a thread.

I'd like to make myself believe that planet Earth turns, slowly.

You better watch out Cupid stuck me with a sickness,
Pull your little arrows out let me live my life.

Everybody, everybody just wanna fall in love.

Pretty Pictures;;

2009-11-06T20:11:00.001-08:00

You can find beauty everywhere.

Words;;

2009-11-06T19:41:00.000-08:00

I love words. There are so many things they can do. So many feelings they can illicit.. such simple things.

Nothing suits a good flirtation like need and anger and desperation.

There are things you do because they feel right & they may make no sense & they may make no money & it may be the real reason we are here: to love each other & to eat each others cooking & say it was good.

I have a friend who reads people's auras. He sees all sorts of colors like green & red & purple. He says anyone can do it. All it takes is forgetting everything you think you know & just looking. I've tried it & even though I haven't seen any colors yet, everyone I meet looks so beautiful when I stop knowing everything, that it's pretty hard to go back to the old way.

And your gravity is failing.

Because street lights and stop signs are all that distance means. Freeways and free days are heaven to me. Love is a behavior, not a feeling. It's the way somebody treats you, everyday, all day. Not just when their life is going well.

Sometimes someone else has found the exact words to describe how you feel. Sometimes, knowing you're not alone is the best feeling in the world.

The Beginning;

2009-11-06T19:34:00.000-08:00

Hello there;;

I decided to start a blog to share those things that inspire, move, and awe me. Photography, words, art, fashion, music ...

In sharing what I love, I hope to discover even more, and open a few weary eyes to the possibilities.

Thank you for visiting my blog!