the urban turban

in preparation for pulling an all-nighter at the hell-hole-of-a-dungeon (AKA robarts), i do some mental warm up and read a few blogs. low and behold, i found THIS:

i've embraced the jegging (LONG before anyone else, i might add), the pleather pant, the fur vest, the military revival... but this?! sorry, but i have too much hair to fit under that kind of... head piece? i can't even call it a hat. i can, however, call it RIDIC.

375 sq ft of awesome

NY times article on the cutest little apartment i've ever seen. makes me want to be crafty... or find a man thats insanely handy. slideshow is so cute.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/realestate/28habi.html?hp

and then there's my girl alexa...

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/28/fashion/28ALEXA.html?ref=fashion

Blair vs. Hitchens

"Let it be resolved, that religion is a force for good in the world."

Hitchens (atheist) convincingly won the debate. But that certainly didn't diminish by infatuation with Tony Blair.

Screw you, stupid "Bliar" protesters, claiming he's a war criminal... to quote my sis, "This man makes me want to go to church, as long as he'll take me home after." Nothing is quite as a attractive as enormous success and a brills intellect.

ALL DAY

new GIRL TALK album = unreal.

my fave moment so far... "sunday bloody sunday" on top of "cecelia" on top of x-rap song. brills.

i think every song on my top 25 itunes playlist is somewhere on this album. all that's missing is a little shy ronnie.

... and just when i need some study music. ahhhhh. la vie est belle.

the brit is back

new cd 2011 - my fave brit girl`s got serious soul.

viva alexa

surprise, surprise

surprised the other day to find that some people i know ACTUALLY read this blog. surprising, since i don't write about anything remotely important, and most of posts consist of youtube videos i found while NOT doing my homework.

nevertheless, thanks to this breaking news, i'll try and find things to say that actually have some substance (though that might be hard).

while i think of something meaningful to say, i'll blog something totally useless in the meantime.

so LANVIN, and the adorable albert elbaz, are putting out a collection at H&M which debuts tomorrow. no doubt it'll open to a crowd of hipster fashionistas at the eatons centre location (a la all the other capsule collections), and i'm not to inclined to participate in the rat race for a dress that doesn't fit me in a colour i hate. so instead, i'll let joe zee sift through the collection for me...

disillusions of a shopaholic

today, i - the eternally insatiable and always underfunded shopaholic - took a little trip to square one.

i was thoroughly unimpressed.

since when did major shopping malls have so little appeal for papa's-visa-card-carrying girls like me? i knew what i needed, and had money to burn. and somehow, i was totally disinterested, and found NOTHING.

maybe it's the born-again urbanite in me, or maybe i'm just picky, but i found the rows of mundane, look-alike stores to be utterly depressing. why doesn't anyone take fashion risks anymore? why are there multiple stores in a row sporting the same, jeans and t-shirts, fleece sweaters and immitation uggs look, circa 5 seasons ago? where are the trend setters? WHERE IS THE STYLE?

this is a call-out to the shopping mall brands. step. your. game. up.
you too, aritizia... you are undoubtedly fashionable. but you NEED to update your collection. i can still spot the wilfred dress i bought 4 years ago, and those oversize sweaters have got to go sometime. you're lucky i found those wilfred pleather shorts today, even though you priced them at 118 benjamins.

AUTHOR'S NOTE: club monaco, BCBG, FCUK, and banana republic, you are exempt from my rage. your ruffles and sparkles and assymetric cuts still suck me in.

PS. H&M, please hire a new visual merchandiser and re-organize your store. i get a headache just walking through your door.

sesame street strikes again