Saturday, October 15, 2011
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Friday, September 9, 2011
I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
Obviously my trying to go through all the fashion shows on style.com is a losing game, so now I'm going to go through and look through the designers I usually like. And I'm going through Fall 2011, even though it's now old, because that's what we're living now. First up, Band of Outsiders:
Obviously I wish I had more style, but what I wear most of the time is this: jeans or khakis, and a plainish t-shirt/sweatshirt or boring polo/button-down shirt. In my defense the khakis I mostly wear are these relatively skinny ones. But the point is, I wear and am usually drawn to boring clothes. Whenever I'm visiting my younger sister or she's visiting me, we end up drinking and looking through fashion magazines. I'll point out an outfit I like, and she's like, "? isn't that what you already wear?"
Anyway, here I like the sunglasses (it would have to be a pretty lame pair of sunglasses for me to not like them). Also, I like the shirt. I've been noticing this color blocking (I think that's what it's called) in several shows. And I'm warming to turtlenecks. Also the color of the pants and the sneakers.
The overall look:
The fit of the suit. I'm not sure I could pull off the fur scarf/I know I couldn't/I'd probably try.
The coat! I'm still liking big coats and skinny pants. And I like green.
I have a lot of trouble convincing people who don't slavishly look through fashion magazines or fashion model tumblrs that tailored sweatpants exist, but they do and I want a pair. And that awesome jacket/coat. And an all-grey/white outfit.
Obviously I wish I had more style, but what I wear most of the time is this: jeans or khakis, and a plainish t-shirt/sweatshirt or boring polo/button-down shirt. In my defense the khakis I mostly wear are these relatively skinny ones. But the point is, I wear and am usually drawn to boring clothes. Whenever I'm visiting my younger sister or she's visiting me, we end up drinking and looking through fashion magazines. I'll point out an outfit I like, and she's like, "? isn't that what you already wear?"
Anyway, here I like the sunglasses (it would have to be a pretty lame pair of sunglasses for me to not like them). Also, I like the shirt. I've been noticing this color blocking (I think that's what it's called) in several shows. And I'm warming to turtlenecks. Also the color of the pants and the sneakers.
The overall look:
The fit of the suit. I'm not sure I could pull off the fur scarf/I know I couldn't/I'd probably try.
The coat! I'm still liking big coats and skinny pants. And I like green.
I have a lot of trouble convincing people who don't slavishly look through fashion magazines or fashion model tumblrs that tailored sweatpants exist, but they do and I want a pair. And that awesome jacket/coat. And an all-grey/white outfit.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Mostly movie stills. ("Build a fucking bridge!")
1. I'm still running, but since I'm not training for a specific race, I'm not following that plan anymore. It was fun while it lasted. I am trying to do a speed workout (usually a tempo run or a fartlek) and a long run every week.
2. Two weeks ago I decided to start eating a vegetarian diet. No real reason other than needing a change. I'm not calling myself a vegetarian because a. I'm still eating fish sometimes and b. a lot of vegetarians are really annoying, so I'm trying not to identify as one. I'm trying not to talk or complain about it in "real life," so maybe I will on here. (Or maybe I'll take another two month break after saying, "I'm back!".)
3. Books. I'm currently reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I'm liking it so far. Before that I read two chick lit books by Danielle Ganek, Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him and The Summer We Read Gatsby. Lulu was okay and Summer was pretty bad and pointless but fun in its way. Before that Jack Kerouac's On the Road, which I'd somehow never read, Lisa Birnbach's True Prep (pointless), Write It Down Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want and Getting It (a self-help book. there's something self-defeatingly sad in requesting a self-help book from the library), Ira Levin's The Boys from Brazil (good, but no Rosemary's Baby or The Stepford Wives), and Martin Amis's The Rachel Papers, which I loved and which, I think catches me up to when I last wrote on here.
I've decided to link to to Goodreads when I mention books, because I'm recommending people read them, not necessarily buy them. It sometimes annoys me when blogs are constantly linking to sites to buy whatever. I guess it makes sense for the blogs where they're being given something by the company (true story: I wish this were me) but pointless otherwise.
4. Movies.
4. That'll do for now (I'll need something to post in a couple months).
2. Two weeks ago I decided to start eating a vegetarian diet. No real reason other than needing a change. I'm not calling myself a vegetarian because a. I'm still eating fish sometimes and b. a lot of vegetarians are really annoying, so I'm trying not to identify as one. I'm trying not to talk or complain about it in "real life," so maybe I will on here. (Or maybe I'll take another two month break after saying, "I'm back!".)
3. Books. I'm currently reading The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley. I'm liking it so far. Before that I read two chick lit books by Danielle Ganek, Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him and The Summer We Read Gatsby. Lulu was okay and Summer was pretty bad and pointless but fun in its way. Before that Jack Kerouac's On the Road, which I'd somehow never read, Lisa Birnbach's True Prep (pointless), Write It Down Make It Happen: Knowing What You Want and Getting It (a self-help book. there's something self-defeatingly sad in requesting a self-help book from the library), Ira Levin's The Boys from Brazil (good, but no Rosemary's Baby or The Stepford Wives), and Martin Amis's The Rachel Papers, which I loved and which, I think catches me up to when I last wrote on here.
I've decided to link to to Goodreads when I mention books, because I'm recommending people read them, not necessarily buy them. It sometimes annoys me when blogs are constantly linking to sites to buy whatever. I guess it makes sense for the blogs where they're being given something by the company (true story: I wish this were me) but pointless otherwise.
4. Movies.
4. That'll do for now (I'll need something to post in a couple months).
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