Sun-Drunk

Hellooo lovaaaa.

So, I know it's been a lifetime since my last post but school started, homework built up, journalism avalanched, weekends were spent going out, and I basically had no time to update this. Buuut...lo and behold! At 8:31am on a Sunday morning, I am finally writing another entry! Yaaaaay...


First off, since the last time I've written I've decided that I truly LOVE<3 San Francisco. Most people assume that San Francisco is all sunshine because it's in California, but in reality it's usually shrouded in fog all year round. The past three weeks, however, have been amaaaazing. It's as if God, Moses, Allah, and Zeus all converged their powers and opened up the skies just for our city! There are always a few weeks in September when the city gets warm and I never fail in taking advantage of them, but I don't think it's ever been as beautiful and amazing as this year's few banana-belt-weeks.
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For a city that's surrounded by water, the beaches here are oddly neglected and unappreciated...it's not really our fault, it's just that no one wants to go to the beach having to wear a parka. So whenever it gets hot, I almost always run over to the beach. I LOVE BEACHES! You have no idea. If I could live my life a certain way, I would choose to be sun-drunk 24/7.

In these pictures, I'm at Fort Funston. It's technically a dog park but if you hike down these sand trails and swim through a couple sea cliffs, there's a really secluded strip that's perrrrfect for laying in the sun. You're basically surrounded by these sandy cliffs that are soo much fun to climb on and the ocean. I had no cell phone reception, so I felt like I was on some deserted island. It was greeeeat!

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I know that global warming is probably causing this heat and it's definitely not a pleasant thought, but I can't help but wish it were always like this...even if it's at the expense of the environment. Now I live in San Francisco, and it's all about eco-friendly so what I'm saying is pretty blasphemous, but wouldn't it be great if we could just ignore the fact that this is Mother Nature's cosmic punishment? Like the Unicorns said...

Again last night I had that strange dream
Where everything was exactly how it seemed
Where concerns about the world getting warmer
The people thought they were just being rewarded
For treating others as they'd like to be treated
For obeying stop signs and curing diseases
For mailing letters with the address of the sender
Now we can swim any day in November
Don't wake me I plan on sleeping in...

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LIVELAUGHLOVE, ang.

Fluxus, Destroyed, Starry and Legos

I looove clothes. My personal style might not be the best, but I loooove looking at fashion magazines and gushing over how well the outfits are put together.

These pieces are pretty simple and not totally wild, but believe it or not these are a lot more eccentric that my current wardrobe. Yes, read it and weep. For me.

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Fluxus

I'm really really into layers, not only because it keeps me warm but because I like the look of colors complementing each other. This dress is deceivingly simplistic, but the layered-factor makes it very different, and not something you can normally find at any store. I love it! It's from Fluxus, and this new and upcoming brand is all about the simple but not boring. The pieces give you a chance to wear the clothes in your own way, and won't let the clothes wear you. I love it!

Current/Elliot

I've always destroyed, holey denim. I have a pair of very infamous jeans, whose story is nothing short of epic. These jeans started out brand new -- very tight -- with no holes whatsoever. However, as time wore on, I wore out the jeans and all of a sudden holes started appearing everywhere, and I mean everywhere. There were signs of chafing from the top of the thigh to the knees, and two huge ripped holes on both knees. And to put the cherry on top, there was a rip right below the right butt cheek pocket...to put it short, they were FABULOUS! I didn't care what everyone else thought...I loved them, and according to my Italian friend, Violetta, the rip-right-below-ass-cheek look was totally "in" in Italia. So hmm.

Anyway, the Skinny Slouch from current/elliot is a bit tooo high-waisted, but they are soo coolly and nonchalantly destroyed. Not everyone can ruin a pair of jeans as successfully as I did, and these current/elliot jeans make the tears and stains as natural as possible...and let's face it, who wants to admit that they bought their jeans ruined? Even if you are, don't make your poseur facade obvious!


*little fact - My sister used to work at Abercrombie & Fitch, and they actually have a really great line of destroyed denim...and she told me that her manager told her that A&F actually send jeans to Mexico, for the factory workers to destroy them! Sure you could use machines, but the authenticity would be lost!

French Connection of the United Kingdom

I'm soo glad the whole star-theme was made popular this season (hats off to Chanel and Yves Saint Laurent) because honestly, stars are my favorite geometric shape. Aside from the heart, but is heart even considered a geometric shape!?! I don't know I never was good at math. But yes ever since Chanel and YSL debuted their star-studded Spring '08 runway collections, stars have been the "it" factor. I've seen H&M hop on the starboard, and I'm so glad that French Connection of the United Kingdom came out with their own star piece! French Connection (not FCUK. Apparently, they're trying to reform their bad-boy image.) has alwaaays been one of my faaavorite stores. It's huge in Hong Kong, and for some reason it hasn't made quite a splash in the States...whatever the reason, USA really needs to embrace French Connection, especially now that they've made a top worthy of a rousing chorus of the Star-Spangled Banner!

Again, it's simple, but the stars really spruces up a classic wifebeater.





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I was walking around today and I happened to walk into the Steve Madden shoe store..and lo and behold, there it was. The ugliest creature ever invented in the fashion world, now made accessible and affordable to the zillions.

Yes, the Lego shoe. From the moment I saw the original Balenciaga shoes in the Elle issue (I believe Sarah Jessica Parker was on the cover?), I never understood them. How could anyone think these are fashionable!?! I understand that in this era we're all about reinvention and the "avant-garde" or whatever, but there's a thin line between outrageously mind-bogglingly but effortlessly cool (like the Marc Jacobs horizontal heel) and just the plain old UGLY, and that thin line comes in the form of a ridiculous and fruity pair of shoes that might be hazardous to children three years or younger.

Maybe in fashion magazines, it might be acceptable...I mean, since when have outfits in Elle and Vogue been practical? But for Steve Madden to make a damned good replica of the horrid invention, and make it available to the masses!?! God. If I see even one stray cube of Lego on the streets, I will actually jump in a well and scream.

This was fun! Until next tiiimee.

LIVELAUGHLOVE, ang.

The Introduction

First things first, it's Ang as in angel, not angst...or angus. I'm sixteen and I'm gonna be a senior in high school this year. I live in what I personally think is the best and the most ridiculous city in the world, San Francisco, Californ[ication...dream of Californication...] As you can probably tell from my non sequitur into a Red Hot Chili Peppers song, I might just have borderline ADD. I looove the beach, beach hair, the sun, freckles, freshly mown grass, dancing, reading, basic colors, loose fitting t-shirts, and gladiators (before the gladiator-craze, might I add). I really think that I need a good case of major ass-whuppin' because I love to rest on my laurels. I hate the fact that I'm such a lazy tub of lard sometimes, but...it takes too much effort to change. Haha.

I'm heading into senior with no idea what I wanna do in life. And yeah the prospect of flipping burgers for a living does scare me shitless, but I usually prefer to live life without a plan, even if it does bite me in the ass. Some of the best moments of my life have happened without any premeditation...so even though, for now, my future is looking pretty empty and bleak, I'm counting on things to work out. Like maybe I'll find my true passion stumbling down the street somewhere at 2 am in the morning. Or maybe I'll throw a hissy fit at Marina Submarine for getting my sandwich wrong once again, and an acting agent who just happens to be there will be impressed with my theatrics and make me into a full-fledged sparkling starlet. Either way, I'm counting on the cosmic powers of the universe to provide me with some sort of inspiration or direction as to where I'm going in life! Come on Universe!

With my weird and wild imagination, of course I have big dreams (in my mind, I'm a Grammy-Oscar-Pulitzer Prize winning socialite/actress who's dating Michael Phelps, Fabio Cannavaro, Jake Gyllenhaal and Matthew Goode)...but when it comes down to it, all I wanna do is live to laugh, laugh to love, love to live. That's all. So again with the egging, come ON Universe!



LIVELAUGHLOVE, ang.