All systems are go!

I've been knitting up a storm the last few days (when I should have been packing). I literally knitted until my fingers were sore; one of them is even kind of swollen. But look at what I have to show for it! I finally have stuff up in my etsy store! So go check it out! I only have 7 things in there so far, but I have more I'll be putting up in the next few days, so look out!

It's a tricky tricky, this little one two

Whoah dudes (or, more accurately, dudettes) look what I did today! I had an exam at 10 this morning (or, uh, yesterday I guess, technically) and it only took half an hour to do, so I sort of had nothing to do the rest of the day, so I knitted stuff.  I actually should have been packing, but that's totally lame, so I didn't. 

That's six, count 'em, SIX mighty fine bracelets there, wouldn't you say? I also made 1 1/2 necklaces, one of which (the 1/2 one) is not even in the style of a braid! 

Also of note is the fact that the yellow bracelet seen above is made with yarn that I hand dyed with turmeric. The yarn it's made from was dyed a few months ago, and I used up the last of it on that one, but today I dyed more! It's sort of a lot of work, but it's worth it for the gorgeous colour it gives you. 

After my exam tomorrow morning, I plan on taking some more pictures, and actually putting stuff up on etsy! Whoah man!

Unrelated to the above: 

1. It turns out that Zac Efron is a huge nerd. I saw it today on much music. They were asking him all these nerd questions, and he knew the answer to every single one!
2. Everyone in the whole entire world should probably start listening to Röyksopp, if they don't already. Especially their newest album, Junior. I am seriously addicted and I don't want to stop.
3. I watched three episodes of The Hills today, and I feel so dirty. The first two were in the afternoon when there was nothing else on, but then I watched the new episode tonight, and the aftershow. What's wrong with me? I seriously thought I was over this stage of my life.

I want you, I need you, oh baby oh baby

Um yeah, hi. I'm pretty sure I need this book in my life. Like, pretty much definitely. Yeah.

So maybe you want to buy it for me? I think that you probably do. You can get it here.

Well then

My roommate totally gave me flack last night for wearing keds out to the bar instead of heels (what can I say? I'm lazy and already tall) but look! 

The Queen of dressing fancy is wearing the exact same keds that I have out and about at Coachella! Therefore, it must be perfectly acceptable to wear them to the nasty nasty Roadhouse. 

And it's not like there are any cute boys in this city anyways.

What's up, Doc?

I was going through pictures in iphoto today, and I saw this one, which I took for blogging purposes and never posted. 

I got these Docs on 50% off day at Value Village a month or two ago, for only $7.50! They're a little bit small, but that's just something I have to deal with; leather stretching serum will be involved. 

Also, the pink tights are very cheerful.

Whoa girl, SLOW DOWN!

So today I wore this outfit. Actually, not even this exact outfit. I wore my campers, not the ridiculous (but amazing) ankle boots I'm wearing in these photos. I would have liked to wear them, but they are not exactly practical for walking around the UofL handing out fliers for the fashion show next weekend. We didn't exactly "hand out" as much as we scattered on tables and pinned to bulletin boards, but it's the same general idea. We also put them under the windshield wipers on cars in the lot, until Leslie set off someone's alarm and we ran away.

I realize I look like a dork here and my face is incredible awkward, but my legs look really nice, so yeah...

I'm attempting to "smile with my eyes" here. I think Tyra would be so proud, don't you?
Oh wow! Here is where I added a necklace I knitted with the intention to sell. I actually took this picture with etsy in mind. Hopefully I'll be going live (with like, actual stock!) sometime in the next week or two. Not that there'll be a whole lot there, but still.

I need to look into shipping costs first, and I can't say that I really want to, but you gotta do what you gotta do!

I'm wearing: Joe Fresh dress (I love you, Superstore), Vintage silk blazer, random tights, Sam Edelman boots

Rules to live by

This is a phenomenon sweeping the world, and it is extremely pressing that we all work together to stop it as soon as possible.

The Problem: Shirts as dresses, and tights as pants. We need to stand up for our right not to see random asses hanging out all over the place! 

Here are some valuable resources in the fight against bared bums:

  

On Shirt or Dress? you can look at pictures of girls in questionable states of shirty-dressy-ness and VOTE on wether you think it's a dress or a shirt (It's almost never a dress).

Tights are not pants is another great one. You can download and print out a press kit, in order to spread awareness on this very important topic.

I'm sure there are many more websites out there, and if you find them, good for you. The important thing is that we band together in this hard time and help stop the madness.

Stuff I like

Someone in the world might be interested to know that I've started using my tumblr again, as of today. I need somewhere to put all the ridiculous and stupid things I find on the internet every day, and I think it's really the best way.
So, if you feel like you may have an interest in a bunch of crap that most likely only interests me, then I guess you should check it out. If not, it's probably for the best. I'm sure you can find far better uses for your time, like maybe watching a video of a dog milking a goat. I don't know.

I'm the man who loves you

I'm feeling an intense sense of need here. This girl's jumpsuit is pretty much my life right now. 

It has suddenly become extremely urgent that I acquire a nude, wide leg jumpsuit. Ideally, it would be satin or maybe like a chiffon, and would have either a mock wrap top or buttons.

I looked on etsy this afternoon and found a vintage one that would pretty much do the trick, for under $40 (with free shipping!), except for the very tiny (actually rather large) problem that the inseam of the pants comes up about 4" short.  I also found a few handmade ones that would probably do, but they are miles out of my current price range.

But I won't give up! Operation Jumpsuit must be a success!

(If anyone sees any anywhere, send a link or picture my way! My craving must be sated!)

I'm from the future

I was just cleaning out some files/folders and I found this most excellent picture that I saved from who knows where absolutely ages ago. In general, this means that I wanted to blog about it (yes, I am aware that is probably the douchiest phrase in any language). So here we are!

I believe that my thoughts upon first seeing this picture were "Oh lord, where do I find that hat, or no, could I make that myself? How long would it take?" Obviously, I was smitten. Regardless of the fact that it looks like it's probably the most uncomfortable hat ever, I would rock that thing until the end of days. It's so next level it kind of hurst my head to think about it (ok, not really).

I'm pretty sure I still have loads of legos in my basement somewhere, or maybe at my cabin, so if anyone feels like taking the time out of their day(s) to build me this most excellent hat, I would totally owe you one. Or maybe more like ten. I don't know.

But really, think about it. It would be awesome.