i wish they all could be california girls

i've been revisiting my oc dvds and it has been delightfully addictive. i've decided that my summer look is going to be one part marissa cooper and one part rumi neely:


both easy-breezy california girls, but one exudes a youthful charm while the other has a tough edge. combine those two qualities and mix in a monochromatic palette (i plan on sticking to black and white and a little bit of sheer with the occassional neon peek-a-boo) and you've got me this summer. now if only i could stock up on some tough shoes and master my boot harness making skills.

i'm in the midst of a major closet overhaul. i'm selling pretty much half my wardrobe, and what i don't sell is going to be handed down to lucky friends. if i haven't worn it in the past month i just want it out of my sight. today i got a gorgeous vintage white armani top that laces up in the front. i'm already wearing it and i think i will be wearing it everyday for a while. it costs half what i've made from my overhaul so far. next stop will have to be goodwill, and if i make a pretty penny tomorrow maybe forever21. my barneys shopping days are over, man. for now.

my mind is still at 10:44

aye! i went back on my notion that i would blog more. it's so much easier to just tweet now, ya know? i wish i could picture post but i left my card reader in LA. i'm in vb right now visiting my family. there's nothing on any of the 1000 channels on my sister's tv. and all she has tivo'd are bones and dancing with the stars. and twilight is not out ondemand yet. sux.

totally been missing my baby boo. if he was here we would prob go on walks in the boonies but good thing he's not bc it's been cold and raining nonstop. i went to the wave which was awesome. all the same ppl were there, and none of them have changed, even the music was the same from 2005/6.

i'm leaving for paris on tues. i was really not that into it but now that it's so close i can actually feel myself getting crazy excited, more and more as each moment passes. but i am even more excited about going back to LA. is that lame? i can't help it, i'm just happy there.

montmartre montmartre montmartre!

i'm taking a breather right now. i feel i have been productive enough today, doing actual work at work, taking care of correspondence, etc, etc. right now i had planned on catching up with milan fashion week, but instead i started researching montmartre, where i'll be staying in paris! i'll be in an apartment. i hope it has nice views and my travelmate doesn't mind if i smoke indoors.

anyway about fashion week, i'm sick of it. it used to be the pride and pleasure of my day to insatiably consume each and every collection on style.com, but i can no longer keep up. 75% of the new york shows and 99% of the london shows will have to go unseen, and i'll have to start with a clean slate for milan, which i'm already a few days behind on.

i've been cruising tech and lifestyle trend blogs for research i've been doing at work and have found some cool stuff, but i don't feel like discussing or picture posting at the moment. perhaps i will make more of a habit of it in the near future. i'd like to blog more often. i always wonder how people like susie bubble have the time to do multiple posts a day, considering their day jobs (her's is dazed and confused, i guess that works in her favour as far as fashion blogging goes. not that i want to do a fashion blog. i just want to do a life blog. i will. tomorrow?

if you want, here are some pix of where i'll be: