Going Away Cake and Haircut

I keep wanting to call this a birthday cake, but it was for my going away party. Anyways, it was a delicious vegan coconut lime cake with a sweet lime buttercream icing. My mom iced the cake beautifully and we tinted the piped icing green by adding a tiny bit of matcha powder. Organic food coloring!

Then also I got my hair cut and that pastel plaid button-up and that blazer. Hurrah.

Japandrew

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Dolce & Gabbana is so Clueless

Not to make another post about plaid (we'll say this is more tartan than plaid) BUT I watched Clueless four times within in the span of two days. As always, I was impressed by everyone's crazy plaid outfits and I guess D&G was as well since their AW 08 line is chock full of it.

I plan on wearing head to toe tartan while in Japan because I feel like I can truly dress outta control there.

Ya dig?

A Photograph of Terrible

This photograph represents what I hate about Heidi Montag and also American Apparel. It's a very good example of someone who thinks they're totes zany and original because they bought Vegas and / or lamé leggings. You can witness this type of girl shopping around American Apparel these days in Philly and especially in King of Prussia mall. Maybe this will help get rid of the head to toe AA trend that was acceptable 1.75 years ago but is now a bit lazy, eh?

Wrappin' It UP

Hey-o.

Going-away party was a big success. Friends and family blended smoothly. Food was delicious.

I've been in Philly since yesterday and now I am still here for my final night.

Still need to pack, print out stuff, and get a converter.

Hi-yo.

Goodnight.

Where Was This Gem Hiding?!?!

So basically I was going to blog about all these movies I watched with my step-mom and one of those movies was 'Clueless'. And then I found THIS:

Accidentally Vegan Obsessions

Two things that normally are never vegan: Skittles and (most commercial) chocolate.

And bam. When combined, they somehow transformed into a vegan delight.

Anyways, I had my first taste a half hour ago. So delicious. Gave me an instant headache though... but regular Skittles always did that too. I hope they have them in Japan. Actually, I guess it doesn't matter because I'm sure they'll have more delicious candy over there.

Hurrah!

Pack it Up

I am not getting very far with my packing. Tomorrow is my going away party with the family followed by my final visit to Philly for a bit. Should be fun / sad.

Don't Get Me Started About the History of Plaid

Every single item in this photo is spot on.

Photo from Jezebel.

Pencil Dilemma

How hard is it to find the above items?! I've been everywhere. I guess it's not as hard as trying to break some weird OCD where I can only use those specific items (brand AND style) to do my school work and what not.

New Japanese Friends

I leave in a week.

Making up for Lost Time

A Message From Sarah Silverman
by SU2C

A Yuppie Once More

Remember my birthday post in which I wanted my car to work again? But then my parents ended up selling for scrap, scrapping my dreams, and causing me to barter and argue for use of my mother's Passat.

Well anyways, my dad is currently engaged in a ferocious war for this car:


Unlike my other car it's from 1968. I'd prefer one from the eighties, ya know, with a cassette player, power steering and windows, etc. but I suppose I should not be picky eh? I believe my dad likes the idea of me driving it. My mom (another avid supporter of all things from the 60's / 70's in terms of cars) loves it as well.

Does not really matter since I will be abroad for about a YEAR and will not need a car for a bit.

Oh wells.

Where the heck did summer go??

The Ronson Tenenbaums

This photo is topical because the similarities between the two families are sort of neat / apparent and also, Kristina and I watched the movie while eating Gianna's last night before we went out for a (somewhat sloppy) night.

Connie Francis Said it Best

Sorry for the lack of updates; I have been in Philadelphia for a good number of days now.

Parties, Honey's, shopping, Hannah, Kristina, houses, Rittenhouse, etc. etc.

Be back to the valley whenever.

Cupcake News

I did not use food dye in these! The organic matcha powder turns them into a brutiful Nickelodeon green.

Tiramisú cupcakes for Yasmin!

L'Orange Mechanique

Oh oh oh I love these.

Photos by Max Vadukul.

Do You Think the World Owes You a Favor?

What the heck are you even talking about?

After this weekend I will officially be ready to go to Japan aka I do not feel well and work just vastly compounded everything today.

In other news... I'll try to be more uplifting!

Tokyo Slumbers V. 2.0

Noticing anything different?!

That's right.

Half of No Nastie's BBFF (blog BFF) Throw a Hand Up will be living in the same building as ME this upcoming semester in Tokyo.

Hurrah!

Give Her a Hand Ladies and Gentlemen

Keep Miss Tina Serge in your prayers.

She recently had major life-altering surgery to her hand.

Photos of her SERGE-cally (thanks Claire) enhanced hand:

See you Friday deary!

Go On Then, Ask Alice

Trip out on THAT beautiful piece of music "composed 90% of sound clips from Alice in Wonderland".

Rehoboth Report

Hi hello!

I'm in Delaware on another vacation. I am not even going to call these vacations anymore since I go somewhere practically every weekend. Juhs been travelin'.

Anyways, after a delicious brunch at BALASIA, my father and I headed to Delaware. He bought a new "boat" which usually consists of two pontoons with a tarp in between and a sail:

But actually now he bought a small yacht, which is really enjoyable. No splashes!

Anyways, after that we went to the boardwalk. Rehoboth used to be home to lots of scuzzy dykes, white trash, hippies, and an assortment of other undesirables that made it so much fun and has now been gentrified (and I don't mean in the fun way that hipsters do to poor ethnics in Brooklyn) into some sort of Nautica / American Eagle / Vera Bradley late spring ad campaign. I noticed this change five minutes on the boardwalk when I was quite literally shoulder checked and called a "fag" by some dude in what I can only assume was a "rugby stripe" polo, pookah shells, and a beautiful, slightly off-kilter baseball cap that shows his care-free attitude.

I wasn't even wearing tight pants or my giraffe sweater to bring on such hate!

Oh well. Later, father, Olga, and I delved into an infamous Russian beverage that we chased with pickles.

Things to look forward to: Claire and Kristina's moving-in party AND perhaps my last trip to NY for a long time. Oh also, Japan.

Destroying Western Civilization Checklist

I'm basically reiterating the other day's postings and jazzing them up a bit! You may recall yesterday's post about the AdBusters article in which they claimed that a certain group of people that dress neat and listen to neat music and go to neat parties and do neat drugs are single-handedly destroying Western Civ. I find it all very funny that the magazine is getting all fussy about it when there are way more important things going on in the world so I decided to make a checklist so you can see if you yourself, are helping destroy Western Civ**.

**Maybe that's the hipsters' plan all along?! Destroying civilization would be sooo edgy and radical.


CHECKLIST (aka items mentioned in the article):

-- American Apparel Deep V
-- Non-prescription glasses
-- Macbook
-- Being a DJ
-- Fixed gear
-- Skinny jeans
-- Leggings
-- Flannel (vintage preferred)
-- Keffiyeh
-- PBR
-- Coke-discos
-- Nightlife photographers


Also, I was reading the blog of the guy who wrote the article and he just strikes me as the sort who would vehemently mouth-off about hipsters yet emits a certain 'hipster' vibe himself (ie macbooks, FRUiTS magazine, artsy design magazines you can't buy at Borders, old photos of really pretty French racists, etc. etc.)

Anyways, like I said before who caresssssssssssss. Just have fun and no nasties and what ya know.

This is What I Was Talkin' About

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