Feed the Soul with Beauty and Genius. Because it is always Hungry!

It appears that I have once again fallen prey to ignoring this blog. But alas, I have not left you, my dear. I have returned to you with many things to show and talk about but all in good time. It has been a very long month. For now, I leave you with this image from Fashion Nation's new Manifesto Magazine.



Stephie and Dottie have leapt toward their dreams and have taken their love for fashion to a new level. They are in a way melding their private life with their online personas which is not easy and I applaud them for that.

Someone recently asked me if this was my blog which I for some reason or other flatly denied. I find the idea of people I actually know reading this blog very disconcerting. I will have to get over that in time but yes, this is me and I'm very sorry for lying.

Jewelry shopping

I was at the bead store this weekend when this guy walks in with his son and asks a question. He politely thanks the lady expressing that he is pressed for time, then turns and walks out saying to his son, "Let's go. This is a do-it-yourself jewelry store." Mother's Day was on Sunday. Did you do something nice? I was not at the bead store for my mom (I sent her a card). I was shopping for earring making supplies. I made my roommate this pair of earrings for her birthday. I always end up spending so much more time than I intend on whenever I go to the bead store. And buying so much more. At this point, I'm starting to wonder if I'm a student or a jewelry maker. The intensity with which I am procrastinating must be worthy of an award. I've been to the bead store everyday for the past 4 days, and oftentimes more than once a day. I decided they were probably starting to recognize me, so I ventured onto the other side of campus to go to the other bead store. And I've now been there 2 days in a row.

Obsession

I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will not drink obscene amounts of Russian tea with soymilk today.
I will tomorrow.

Life is like a romance novel by Nicholas Sparks

Just like A Walk to Remember. Bittersweet. Click on image to see their story.

Downtown Oakland

My first trip into downtown Oakland. One would have expected me to make a visit before two years, but no. It's been almost two years and here is my first trip. Now I have been to Oakland, many times. I've been mostly in the neighborhood communities - the part you might be a little wary for your safety, the part where you would believe that Oakland is the 4th most dangerous city in America. So when I saw downtown - it was a contrast, an interesting one. I always find it fascinating the way places cater to tourists. They construct these elaborate images of what a place is like, but for a resident - that image is completely different. It speaks to the display or spectacle that cities tend to put on for visitors who never get a chance to see the real communities. So when you visit a place, what are you really seeing? How can you be sure it's "authentic"? Enough of this theoretical blabbering. Just a thought.
I would like to know what is going on with this contraption, but there wasn't any placard or anything informative. There wasn't even any water in it. I do enjoy the bright colors. It looks like it would be easy to climb. I was so tempted.There was a protest going on in front of City Hall. I regret not remembering what they were protesting about now. I don't think they had very obvious signs either because it took me a while to read them. But it was a good day to protest because there were lots of people circulating the area on account of the Oakland Earth Expo was going happening.

For you

I've got some graffiti here for you. Or maybe it's for me. There's a ship in there. Now I understand that graffiti is everywhere, especially in New York, but there is a difference between art and vandalism. I found the first one on the stairs in the architecture building on campus. And I found the second one somewhere around 17th and Market in San Francisco.