It's the holidays and I want to look at LEAST semi-human in all the photos

You know when you take pictures during a trip and you look at them 5 minutes later, you see an unrecognizable monster staring back at you (true story)?

WELCOME TO MY LIFE.

To insure that I look least "cave creature" as possible, I gave myself guidelines to vacation/holiday by.

001/ Hair: Baby Buns forever. It's been my #1 hairstyle for the past months.

Hoy Fashion

002/Jackets and Docs: This girl's awesome perfection, but I'm focusing on the army wear offsetting the soft femininity of everything else.

Hel-Looks

003/ Fur collars: Real or not, THIS IS RIDICULOUS.

WhatDoIWear.tumblr.com

004/ Sunglasses: A sleepy-eyed girl's best bud. And fwi ders: This girl is looking pretty fly all around.

Hel-Looks

005/ Jean Jackets: UNTIL ENDTIMES. I plan on being buried in a denim jacket.

Hel-Looks

006/ Attitude: If I can be even be half as happy-looking as this girl (with all her 90s soft pinks and blues) in my photos, JOB DONE.

Hel-Looks

Trick or Treat Yo' Self

Devil horns and black lipstick all day, ev'ry day.

May the power of Christ compel you... to have a Happy Halloween.

(gifs found on Tumblr.com)

How YOU doin'?

Me?

Just being alive and stuff.

But more specifically, THIS

MAKING MY OWN NAIL DECALS.

The ladies over at Lipgloss & Black have an easy-to-follow tutorial on how to make your own decals using just nail polish, toothpicks, and sandwich bags.

Here's one of their (properly lit) examples (click on the picture below or the link above for their post):

I probably should've blotted my face before taking pictures. And also, I'm looking a little "Van Gogh" right now. I have a bigass bandage on my left ear because, after going to the derm for what I thought would some simple cortisone shots, ended up with me having a (apparently very, very dark) mole removed from the inside (THE INSIDE) of my ear. It's the first time I've ever gotten stitches and I'm totallllly unprepared to take care of this.

It's a duckbird.

My other tries. On the right are rain clouds for my left hand (to counter the happy clouds on my rightsie).

On the left: I tried making a doily heart, but I sloppy with my white nail pen. On right: a snake with (unseeable- sorry for the crap pictures) dots of purple and green for detail; an "octopus" but the nail polish started drying too fast (damn fast-dry technology) so it ended up looking like Cthulhu

Any unused decals I have left I plan on sticking to my Ipod/phone/any clean surface because they adhere like those ridiculous gel/plastic cling-y things you put on windows and walls.

**MUSIC ON REPEAT:
ILOVESPOTIFY. I really do. It's allowing me to listen to stupidface Kanye West without having to give him $$ or having him evvver coming after me for illegal downloads. Anyway, Kanye STILL WINS because I canNOT stop listening to this song (from Watch The Throne, which *small aside* at first, I thought had something to do with Game of Thrones. I was confused, like, "why are you telling me to watch 'The Throne' now? I did and it was great. STOP TELLING ME WHAT TO DO KANYYYYE.").

Jay-Z & Kanye West-Niggas In Paris (Unofficial Music Video) from Joseph Maruca on Vimeo.

Me all summer long: ICED COFFEE

Perfection in a jar, taken from The Pioneer Woman

Got a craving for coffee that doesn't taste like shit? YES?

Do you have 8-12 hours to kill? MAYBE?

The Pioneer Woman, a food blog, has instructions on how to make the *MOSSSST DELICIOOOUS* cold brew iced coffee.

We've been drinking this condensed coffee and milk mixture like water in my household, so much so that a batch that's suppose to last us 2 weeks is gone within one.

The only problem(s)? I guzzling this caffeinated nectar like at, 8pm, so I'm like Tumblr-ing until 3am. And drinking from a jar bothers me because of the threading; as cool as you think drinking from a jar is, I got iced coffee running down my cheeks and chin like I'm a stupid child (WOH WOH, HIPSTER PROBLEMS).

**EDIT:
I was going to take pictures of my own iced coffee, but it's gone. IT'SALLGONE. So lesson learned: drink it up fast, because it will disappear.

Sooo... here's Luxirare using the Toddy Method:

Hirsute Pursuit: Ombré Highlights Edition

I gots a new hair situation happening here and I'm happy about it.

WHOOP WHOOP! Rise the roof! Yay!

It lends itself nicely to the "au naturel" state of my hair, otherwise known as "wavy." EVERYBODY, I'VE DROPPED THE STRAIGHTENING IRON. Be proud!

OH SOFT BABY CHEESUS, my roots. I should have done my roots.

My inspiration? MOON BLOODGOOD. Her face-framing highlights are much more subtle, but fanciful nonetheless.

In Falling Skies (via Google Imgs)

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Proper outfit pictures. And they involve a faux leather vest. Every summer wardrobe includes leather vest, right? Right? YIKERS.

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Inspiration? BRITTA PERRY, natch. She is all leather, all the time. (INSERT APPROPRIATE AD QUOTE NOW: "'I'm looking for something that says... 'Dad likes leather.' Something that says 'leather daddy'? 'There's such a thing?'").

Found here.

Found here.

**SUMMER TIME MUSIC:

It's all about WU LYF's LYF right now.

In The Army Now (1994)

Maybe I'm still feeling a little jingoistic but... have I ever spoken about my true love for In The Army Now?

No, I has not?

SHOCKING.

I don't even love it ironically (whatever that means). I. LOVE. THIS. MOVIE. I bring it up in normal conversation more than I should. REALLY.

The Weeeeasel (found on Google Images).

If it's on the t.v., I will scratch your eyes out if you try and change the channel.

The HIIII-larity! (found on Gooogle Images)

I mean, look at that all-star cast of Pauly Shore (!!), and Lori Petty (I LOVE YOU TANK GIRL), the always impressive DAG, and... my sartorial inspiration for this post:

Camo vest?? (found on Google Images)

Andy Dick.

Is that weird? But really, it's only because of the glasses.
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The outfit isn't really that great or mindblowing and I should have taken a picture of the shirt (it has bat-wing sleeves and everything...) but any chance it get to talk about In The Army Now...  I TOLD YOU! Can't stop talking about it.

This is my "Hmm, hmm YES, APPROVED" face.

Further proof of my lovelove? My personal ticket stub that I put on my tumblr:

**BEST SUMMERTIME MUSIC:

... Is always going to be 90s alt rock music. So here's Spacehog's In The Meantime:

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Via Google Images

USA! USA! USA!

Love you, America.

I blame Coco.

That's it. I swear to jebus, that's IT.

I'M GOING TO LIVE THE REST OF MY LIFE IN RED SHORTS.

Thanks, Coco Sumner, for keeping my "Where the hell can I find red shorts?!" dream alive.

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Killing-time recommendation? A Nerf gun, like mine. It's the most fun you'll have shooting at people... without actually shooting people. Win-win.

+Red shorts: F21+

+Nerf six-shooter: Target

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I don't think I've properly showcased my "new" glasses. These browline glasses, aka "clubmasters" are like the Ray-Bans, but unlike those, mine have a larger wire frame, they're made in France, and about bajillion times cheaper.

I'm not smelling the gun.

+Clubmaster eyeglasses: PCC Flea Market (for $10!!)

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** BETTER BLOGGER??

I should really commit myself to become a better blogger, if not for brain simulation, then for the routine alone. What else am I doing now... besides looking for another job?? Oh, that's right, looking for a job. But since I'm already on the computer, might as well as update this little thingie every once in awhile.

Data thinks maybe I should.

** I WANT TO LIVE MY LIFE LIKE A 90s MOVIE MONTAGE:

with Jill Sobule's Supermodel playing over and over and overandoverandonverandoverandonver. It'll be awesome.

Kriss Kross will make you

JUMP, JUMP.

We commence to make you JUMP, JUMP.

The mac daddy will make you JUMP, JUMP.

The daddy mac will make you JUMP, JUMP.

Kriss Kross will make you JUMP, JUMP.

Nothing spectacular to see here, I just miss good jumping pics. (BTW, who the hell uses "commence" in a rap song? Kriss Kross, that's who.)

Some straight shots:

**WHY I CAN NEVER NOT LOVE THE MALL:

Because ALL OF THE (mall-touring stylists and a forevercreepy carousel in the middle of the motherfudging everything) still happens. Walking into the mall is like walking into a time machine that will only take me back to the late 80s and early 90s.

** MUSIC EDITION: YEASAYER + THE SMITH WESTERNS + HUSH HUSH:
@ The Music Box in  Hollywood. Noooo one's uploaded a video from that show, so here's one from 2008 of their opening song (and my faaaavorite!!!) Sunrise.

Clomp clomp. Clomp... clomp clomp.

^ THAT is either the sound of me tripping and totally eating pavement or the echoes my most recent shoe purchases make everywhere I go (by "or" I probably/actually mean "and").

Who got new shoes?? I GOT NEW SHOES!... like a few months ago... and a couple of weeks ago. Both are from Urban Outfitters and both have a kindapretty comfortable wooden heel.

001// 6x6 by No. 6 For Urban Outfitters:

From No. 6 Store Blog

002// Ecote Studded Wedges:

A screencap (with details about the shoes):

I truly sound like a GIAAAANTSCREEAAAAAMER when I stomp around in these wood-tastic heels.

**MUSIC: COSBY EDITION (aka "Another reason to be jealous of Bill Cosby"):

Cliff Huxtable was one of the original "cool dads" on TV.

Why? Because he knew how to dubstep before any of us musicsnobundergroundindiehipsters understood how to dance (and because of "them sweaters" -->TheCosbySweaterProject.tumblr.com).

STRAWBERRIES!STRAWBERRIES!STRAWBERRIES!!

Jaya and I WENT STRAWBERRY PICKING!

We were trying to see the Flower Fields but they were sooo over run with people. kids, and tourists. Besides, all of Carlsbad is covered in pink and purple, yellow and orange, red and white flowers that it seemed hardly worth the $10 when you can see it for FREE on the side of the freeway.

So we did this instead. ("What the...? First I work, then I pay, then I have to eat fruit? Why was I ever born?")

//My outfit: an oldie, but a goodie. And one of the first times I wearing a skirt without tights this season!

**MUSIC: SAN DIEGO COUNTY EDITION:
San Diego has one of the most fantastic music scenes: they play all the indie/underground/beloved music of L.A., but without all the pretention. In one glorious block of music, 94.9 fm played what feels like your best highschool jams/playlist: The Soft Pack, Lykke Li's newest song, MIA, PB&J, The Strokes (new and old), and THE BEST SUMMER MUSIC BAND- Modest Mouse.

When this song unexpectedly came on the radio, we almost lost our collective shits. Roll down your windows AND CRANK THIS SHIT TO 11: