on deh cover of vogue

leave it to vogue italia to make the concept of deh crazy cat-lady irrepressibly chic. so bon. also, this month's vogue italia, that still hasn't hit stands in the states, is supposedly going to be revolutionary for its editorials featuring only models of color. i am excited to get my hands on it to see for myself just how ground-breaking its really going to be.

FORZA AZZURI PER SEMPRE! did i mention that i love soccer?

time for some stories...

david sedaris, augusten burroughs, our generation has been defined by authors who devote themselves to making a literary art form out of the dysfunctional family. one of my newest favorites is this guy...i don't know his real name, but he posts as davesecretaryatwork and writes things like: EVERY GODDAMNED CHRISTMAS MY DAD AND MY UNCLE RON GET INTO IMPORTANT ARGUMENTS ABOUT POLITICS AND THE BEST AIRPORTS IN ZURICH AND WHICH PRESIDENTS ARE ASSHOLES IN PERSON AND THAT SORT OF THING. MY OTHER UNCLE D. IS KIND OF THE BLACK SHEEP IN THE FAMILY AND WE DON'T PAY MUCH ATTENTION TO HIM.(yes, the ALL caps are his) if you want more, go here: http://carbonmonoxiide.angelfire.com/TIME_FOR_SOME_STORIES.htm and be prepared to laugh...because its not like y'all can't relate.

p.s. this post is dedicated to the helens (you know who you are)

edgy, non?

flickr obsessed...

the bright colours set:http://www.flickr.com/photos/bright/sets/230141/

the stencil + arte urbano mexico pool here:http://flickr.com/groups/stencil-plus-urbanart/pool/ harajuku girls are the new geisha: (this is AMAZING. unfortch, i couldn't get an image):http://flickr.com/photos/ajpscs/sets/72157594494899100/

my trips, my pics:(includes photos from yemen and north korea):http://www.flickr.com/photos/mytripsmypics

feetmanseoul: (HOT seoul, south korea street style):http://www.flickr.com/photos/feetmanseoul/

sooo...my new lifestyle of leisure has provided me with a lot of, well, leisure time= plenty of time to perv around on deh internetz. i realize that i might be a little behind the times here, but one of my newest obsessions is the photo-sharing website flickr, where photogz from the whole world over can post their work. i, for one, do not have any work to post, but i am fo' realz lovin' on the fact that one can browse the sites and see some truly amazing stuff...you can enter keywords to search flickr "pools," or just wander aimlessly in the wonderfulness of its all. here are a few of my fav flickr sites so far, just to get you started...

eargasm alert!

mah flavorite mash-up dj, girl talk...is coming out with a new album! it drops in september, but y'all don't have to wait that long... you can get it here: http://74.124.198.47/illegal-art.net/__girl__talk___feed__the__anima.ls___/ now, like RIGHT now. the process is similar to what radiohead with their last record...you name your own price...get it while's the gettin's gooood.

new cover art...

a photo a day...

check out nikola tamindzic's website "home of the vain" here: http://homeofthevain.com/. she has an amazing eye, which is obvious when you look at her "photo of the day." every day she adds another one. her images are, in a word, SEXY. unbelieveably sexy. the light, the poses, the fabulous people she uses as her subjects...all are GORGEOUS. enjoy it. let me know what your favorites are.

wonderland

ok, ok, one last thing and then ill leave all y'all alone. check out this site:http://www.yeondoojung.com/artworks_view_wonderland.php?no=88. the photographer, yeon doo jung, has a photography project called "wonderland" that will honestly make you say "why didn't i think of that?" he takes children's drawings and brings them to life, quite literally, in his photographs, staging them according to the way things are set up in the drawings. cool concept, and its even cooler that he is verrrry careful not to let his adult perception cloud things, and tries his hardest to preserve that...hmmm...is wonderment the right word? that is so inherent in the imaginations of kids. from their minds to paper to through his lens. it makes you feel like the world isn't so boring after all.

check it while i wreck it...

ihhh im baaaack. miss me? jeez, i don't know if anyone even reads this thing, but thats not why i do it. aaanyways, ive been in kind of a funk recently, and things that i usually enjoy haven't held their usual luster for me. this includes blogging. i'm in such a funny, flummoxed, in-flux place right now, but i know im not alone. hundreds of thousands, hell, maybe even millions of recent (unemployed) college graduates are probably feeling the same thing. contributing to the overwhelming sensation of "now what?" is the equally exhilarating feeling of "now what?"...any suggestions?

17 girls at Gloucester (where I have spent my summers since infancy) High School are pregnant. According to news sources, the majority of the girls were part of a "pregnancy pact," which, aside from the initial reaction of "ohmygod thats terrible," provokes another reaction of "ohmygod that terrible," terrible that these little girls (because thats what they are, really) feel that the only way they can get any affection and sense of self-worth is from having these babies. :( There is an article set to run in the upcoming edition of TIME magazine...check it out fo' yo'selves.

visual stimulation...tom ford is a saucy minx

as mmy currently unemployed state continues, i decided to throw up a little ahem, "visual stimulation," which is def more than im getting. hahahaaaaa. also, as stated in the post title, tom ford is indeed a saucy minxxx...as these ads convey. who needs subtlety?