it's dee-ane, thankyouverymuch

i LOVE diane arbus's work. i was first introduced to her by my media studies professor in college, where we dissected intended meanings vs. perceptions of meaning by viewers. she photographed people on the fringes of society, including giants, dwarves, and transvestites.

here's a picture she took of blaze starr, a famous american stripper and burlesque star.

a little bit twee...

if you have a heart, you love yann tiersen. the man is a brilliant, inventive composer, and his soundtrack to amelie is especially captivating. i youtubed his name and found lots of videos of people playing his songs on accordian and piano. they're even more charming live.

mr. tiersen himself:





and a pretty good (albeit emo-locked) substitute:

the sound of silence

i love this.



{via pasta primavera}

franco-film-fun!

this weekend in richmond is vcu's french film festival. passes are $40 for students and $95 for everyone else (yikes!), but tickets for individual films go on sale 30 minutes before each showtime. view the full schedule here.

i want to design my apartment around these.

milk bottles by julia rothman, in red and grey. $65 each. available at reform school.

i feel pretty, oh so pretty...

you may have noticed that my blog suddenly got about 300% cuter. this is all thanks to the wonderful alyson graves of sunalidesign and unruly-things (one of my personal favorite blogs!) her aesthetic is adorable, and i feel so lucky to have a part of her work as my own.

thanks alyson!

also, i'm currently on a no-shop personal mission and if i can resist buying anything frivolous for 30 days, i'm treating myself to a fantastic dslr (a nikon d80!). that means i'll be able to be an appropriate style blog with daily pictures of outfits and the like. hurray!

begrudgingly

okay, urban, you got me. i'm charmed by your finds. i blame the papillon.



{via the urban outfitters blog}

charming.

for the longest time i had only seen audrey hepburn in "my fair lady" and, i'll be honest, i didn't get her appeal. but once i saw "roman holiday" and some of her other work, it became glaringly apparent. i think this picture (and the fact that she had a pet deer) cements it.



there WAS a set of four adorable prints of audrey and pippin, her fawn, for sale here via etsy. but they quickly sold out.

{via a cup of jo}

the right wing is the wrong wing.

i know politics isn't really part of what i've been writing about, but i take my liberalism very seriously. this article in The Nation does an amazing job at examining conservative hypocrisy. it's biased, of course, but perfectly logical.

{via Jezebel}

poor little puppykins

sorry about the lack of posts. i had to go to nova and my dad doesn't have wireless (shock! horror!).

also, the puppy got spayed today. she's understandably miserable, but i'm nursing her back to health.

watch the water drop from clouds, it sure rains a lot.

today i realized my ipod was gone. it's very likely i've misplaced it, but even likelier that it's been stolen. i should be upset, but i've been listening to paul simon today. again, the song. try and listen and not feel happy.

the russian futurists - paul simon

plus, i bought cool boots. the picture doesn't do them justice but they're pretty badass.



(well, okay, and i've been drinking.)

i am so on top of things.

okay, who wants to toot my horn first? that sounds a bit vulgar, but seriously. this blog is so fucking relevant.

Pad Girls! Attack of the 21st-Century Falsies

"Contour" Bras: Holding Us Up or Holding Us Back?

these are a few of my (current) favorite things...

crystal castles (myspace)



this 2-piece band from toronto makes perfect (drunken) dance party music with 8-bit synths and an atari 5200 sound chip. they also make fantastic remixes. according to wikipedia, their music has been described as “innovative but pretty boring and pretentious”. ha!

crystal castles - good time

ivana xl (myspace)



ivana xl’s simple songs are some of the best i’ve heard. i don’t know how i discovered her, but i’m glad i did. her voice is sultry and her lyrics blend sarcasm with the type of heartbreaking honesty everyone can relate to. too bad she only plays in brooklyn (for now!). also, youaintnopicasso is totally crushing on her.

ivana xl - ghosts

mirah and spectratone international (myspace 1) // (myspace 2)



i’ve always liked mirah, but this cd is genius. it’s about insects and is a lot more gypsy-influenced than her other stuff. i’ve never thought of this painfully obvious comparison before, but she’s like a more accessible joanna newsom.

mirah and spectratone international - gestation of the sacred beetle

honorable musical mentions: yann tiersen, belaire, robotnicka, laura burhenn, ghostland observatory, jon brion. (i tried to avoid the obvious: hot chip, animal collective, and now vampire weekend - thanks pitchfork!)

rebecca turbow (website)



i’ve coveted her designs for a long time, and she’s just recently started putting most of them in her online shop. rebecca just appeared in a new york magazine story about new yorkers who only wear one color. for eight years she wore turquoise (and white), but now she’s moved on to gray.

mooka kinney - (website)



i love these girls. i have no idea if jumpers will stay “in”, but thank god that there’s someone out there making clothes that fulfill my desire to forever dress like a little girl (and not in that weird schoolgirl-fetish way.)

portland, oregon (and stumptown coffee!)


(photocredit)
i just visited my friend alex for a week to scope the place out, and i’m planning a relocation as soon as possible. it’s gorgeous, the coffee’s great, the pbr flows like water, and the hipster-watching is fantastic. plus, i've finally found a place in the states that's as liberal as i am.

tobias wong (website)



tobias wong is an interesting artist. his latest piece is the “killer engagement ring” with the diamond pointing outwards. not that it’s meant for practicality, but i know i’d accidentally stab myself in the eye if i dared to wear it. this, on the other hand, is something i want in my apartment. sometimes i think my taste for clean minimalism veers toward patrick bateman’s place in american psycho. oh, wong’s also the one who invented the golden pills that promise to make your shit sparkle. lovely! and lastly...

french bulldogs


(photocredit)
always. no explanation needed.

hellooooo!

for someone so in love with internet culture, i've put off having a blog because it seems so overdone. what on earth do i have to say that someone else hasn't said a million times over? but now that i'm a college graduate and trying to establish some kind of web presence for myself, i figured it's about damn time.

i'm not really sure what kind of content i'll put on this, or even if it'll garner any readers, but it's worth a shot.

i guess i'll start with a joke:

what was beethoven's favorite fruit?
ba-NA-NA-NAsssss (i guess it doesn't work online)