Thursday, January 26, 2012

hard to get

today i'm listening to: jenny and johnny - scissor runner



and this video is worth watching too. breakout - baby i'm yours.


watch the psychedelic video
and dance, baby, dance.







deliver me into
psychedelic skies


who is this girl
[her dirty toes]
she stares out the window
[at stars she can't reach]
and
smokes
[forgotten cigarettes]
on patios [she can't remember].
[she says she's death without the music.]



i had a long talk with a good friend last night
brilliant

and i heard this joke:
why did the hipster burn his mouth on pizza?
he ate it before it was cool.
(pffff.)



speaking of hipster....
(or not)
i have lived in NY for 3 months
and i'm just starting to get my room in order
my bed is no longer my sole piece of furniture!

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i have a little, mini desk now!
in fact, i'm sitting at it as i.. blog.
and it's glorious.

my lack of windows
(which may or may not be illegal)
makes me want summer all the time in my room.
i think my room has a new sense of importance
because it's the only thing in the city i can call my own.
so i've made some little commandments of how to accomplish a great space.


1 - thou shalt keep a clean space.
there's nothing more depressing than a grey gardens grunge fest.
so.... i'll clean.

2 - thou shalt not forget the funsters of yore.
what's more summery than stocking up on more booze than i could ever think i'd need?
and i don't even really drink... i'm like a grandma,
downing cups of herbal tea lately.
but what's better than watching.taking part getting absolutely toasted off copious amounts of hooch with your friends?! so, thou shalt always be prepared.

how fun is this bottle o'booze?


3 - thou shalt not be afraid of color.
thou shalt not be overly formal, because if thou art, thou will be sad. thou shalt embrace a mix of fancy with frisky.
[meow]

4 - thou shalt not commit murder.
...mmmunless though art murdering for a thrift accessory i absolutely need. in this case of emergency, thou shalt feel free to use whatever means necessary to obtain that special something
[cause honey, i'm on a budget.]

5 - thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house.
because mine will be better...

----
mostly i think i'm going to paint the walls
and change the angle of my desk every few weeks.
who are we kidding here....


oh how this whole world
can shine so bright
if we let it.



don't play hard to get.
be hard to get.

if most of us
are ashamed of shabby clothes
and shoddy furniture,
let us be more ashamed of
shabby ideas and shoddy philosophies...
it would be a sad situation
if the wrapper
were better than the meat
wrapped inside it.
-einstein





wanna feel fabulous?
check these out:






christian dior paper dolls. oh my.


i'm going to cut along the dotted line
and dive into some dior myself.
(pa-ha!)
until then,
i hope you'll remind yourself
of how fantastic you are.
(i think you forget every now and again)


i'd rather teach one bird
how to sing than teach a thousand
stars how not to dance
-ee cummings

xoxo. -jess

Saturday, January 21, 2012

thin.mint

today i'm listening to: battles - ice cream



that video makes me want to GET INTO TROUBLE

SPIN said, "this video is more
sexually suggestive
than any movie starring a woman whose name ends in 'i'."
i second that. and it's awesomeness
and like a [dance] nerd - i like what's happening at 1:36 [a lot...]


well,
howdy, hellions.


unnaturalmagic:  That moment when you realise.. by .bella. on Flickr.

men always want
to be a woman's first love.
that is their clumsy vanity.
women have a more subtle instinct
about these things.
what [women] like
is to be a man's last romance.
-oscar wild


love is friendship on fire.



i'll admit i'm happy with today's
real snow action outside my window

joyeusesfetes:  (by Dan Anderson.)

i'll also admit that i'm itching for sunshine already
i want that
warm breeze blowing in my face




this breeze would work too.

feshfesh:  (via Digital | Mary Katrantzou S/S 2012 Look Book | Pattern People | Surface Design   Inspiration)



strength for the journey.

strength for the journey.

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strength for the journey.


limmynem:  ~via  Nick Karn

by the way ...BREAKING NEWS...
i found the best website ever
it locates the nearest
girl scout cookie sale to you! ---so delicious

woohoo!




can someone teach me
how to do this or what?


duh, girl.

bye ya'll i'm off to swallow the world
in a single gulp.

i only went out for a walk,
and finally concluded
to stay out till sundown
for going out, i fount, was really going in
--john muir 1913

xoxo. - jessica

Tuesday, January 17, 2012

champagne & flashlights

today i'm listening to: st. vincent - cruel


also. 5 people. 1 guitar.
gotye's "somebody that i used to know"
.....genius begets genius.


welp. happy new year and stuff

it's almost silly to think this blog started a year ago
as a new years resolution...
click here for ---> my debut.


after thinking over my 2011
and my blogging of 2011
i think this and this are two of my favorite posts.
but mostly i think they just remind me
of how i started changing what my 2012 would look like.
oh 2011, you intermediary year...



but 2011, you were also a pretty rad year.
although, i hate to say it....
but
i think 2012 is going to make you its bitch.
(wahoo!)

onto new horizons!

and rainbows! LOTS OF RAINBOWS!

she was a soft place to fall.
told me to wear the world
like a loose garment.-ldr




so let's get carried away
and do things we'll
regret
in the morning



laughingsquid:  Andy Warhol at Gristede’s Supermarket, New York City (1962)

word.




watch this. vid:
(the difference between men and women.)


it got cold(ish) here...
but i can't complain because it's january.
(so i'm complaining on the inside)
it's the beginning of the end
aka
winter weather is working on one hell of a comeback

i would like to go here rightaboutnow.

yes. or here.


or where he resides is just fine too



"would you tell me please
which way i ought to go from here?"
"that depends a good deal on where you want to get to,"
said that cat.
"i don't care much where-" said alice.
"then it doesn't matter which way you go," said the cat.
"-so long as i get somewhere," alice added as an explanation.
"oh, you're sure to do that,"
said the cat.
"if you only walk long enough."
-alice's adventures in wonderland, lewis carroll





champagne and flashlights
always help me find the prettiest things in the dark



and i can't
and i won't
but i might...
ooooh i'm not a baby no more
-sleeper agent

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okay bye.
until next time,
i'll be singing too loud
standing too close
and wearing too much perfume.


"i don't care what you think about me,
i don't think about you at all." - coco chanel

xoxo. -jess