Tish Black is the author of the fairy tale-inspired short story collection Ebony, Blood, and Snow and a film programmer at IFFO where she hosts the screening series The Gaze.
This week's post is extra long because I didn't do one last week. All these looks are from Lookbook.nu, my equivalent to porn.
I'm all about loose on the top, tight on the bottom. Loose dresses, t-shirts and cardies on top. Tights, leggings, skinny jeans, or shorts on the bottom. It's all about balance, ladies.
1. Shoes with Weird Heels 2. Anchors
The symbol of an anchor doesn't really mean anything to me. I have an anchor charm on my bracelet and it is the most annoying charm ever because it gets caught on everything, so I took it off my bracelet (pictured below) and put it on my locket necklace (not pictured.) And I decided I like anchors for jewelry and such. 3. Kansas City Shuffle I've been digging kinda Southern, kinda country, mellow, hanging out on a porch with a guitar and a banjo kind of music lately. My friend Cory's band, Kansas City Shuffle, is kind of like that. It's a little country, a little bad ass, they sing about whiskey and girls. They're currently recording their first album, which will be out in April. Until then, you can listen to the song they have on their MySpace. And check out Cory's other bands, Darkness Rites and Sam Slick, while you're at it.
4. Biting Nails I've taken recently to putting my fingers in my mouth. Not actually biting my nails, just kind of holding them with my teeth. I think I do it whenever I feel awkward and/or nervous or just bored and don't know what to do with my hands/arms. 5. Sky Ferreira This girl is getting a lot of hype for her amazing voice and for being a 17-yr old LA party girl. I think she's pretty cool and so is her music. These are the three songs of hers that I have. Check out her MySpace for more music.
6. Crayons 7.The Pretty Reckless You may know Taylor Momsen as Little Jenny on Gossip Girl, but she's also a singer. Although I pretty much think Taylor is a twat, her band's music is pretty bad ass. It's a little hardcore, a little rock, a little punk, a little pop, all over catchy and rock-out-able. Take a listen.
8. Effy Stonem Skins is one of my favorite shows and Effy is my favorite character (of the second generation.) She's crazy (literally- manic depression or something), manipulative, a drug addict, and slutty. I love her. And her wardrobe. So jealous. Short dresses, tights, boots, massive amounts of jewelry, smokey eyes, messy hair. She's a hot mess. And her boyfriend Freddie is soooo cute. I want his wardrobe, too. 9. Ecstasy by JJ JJ was on my 10 Things I Love last week because I had just discovered them and thought their music was pretty cool. But this week I am in love with their song Ecstasy. It's like a remix and/or cover of Lollipop by Lil Wayne. It has the same beats and melody, but different words. It's totally eerie and beautiful but catchy and groovy. Don't watch that video, just listen to it.
10. Arj and Poopy What else can I say other than these are the funniest little cartoons I've ever seen. So many good jokes, I just fucking love every bit of it. Check them out on YouTube and their website.
It's been about a year since I got a real haircut. So, I thought I'd straighten my hair (which I rarely do) and take some pictures to see how long my hair has grown in a year.
I think my hair grows really slowly. It'll be another year before it's as long as I want it.
I've been growing my hair out for almost three years now. I can't believe it's been that long. I usually get bored with my hair and start chopping it off before it has a chance to grow, which is why I've had short hair most of my life.
Let's take a look at how my hair has grown...
April '07 August '07October 31st '07 (My 18th birthday)November '07January '08February '08May '08September '08 October 31st '08 (My 19th birthday)December '08March '09September '08 October 31st '09 (My 20th birthday) (The pink streaks are clip-ins.) February '10
What I want my hair to look like eventually... Ah, hair envy...
1. Alice in Wonderland jewelry by Disney and Swarovski
Disney and Swarovski teamed up to create beautiful jewelry inspired by the new Alice in Wonderland movie. These are my favorite pieces. I wish I had someone rich to buy just one for me...
Tea Party Cupcake Pendant
Sparrow Pendant (replica of the one Alice wears) Red Queen Cards Pendant Red Queen Cards Ring Mad Hatter Necklace Tea Party White Rabbit PendantTea Party Tea Pot Pendant
4.Zombieland I watched this for the second time Friday night. It's so funny. It's really gory but I can handle it becuase it's not scary gore, it's funny gore.
5. The Bible Game for PS2 The reason I have this game is a long story... Which you will hear when I finish making my video including clips of last weekend when a bunch of us played it drunk.
6. My Hooters bottle jacket
Addie got this for me on my birthday when we were at Hooters for lunch. I used it for the first time Friday night. I couldn't help feelin the boobs the whole time. And neither could anyone else. ;)
"Do you like my boobs?"
We decided it needs a push up bra. They're too far apart. It's weird.
7. Dane Cook
I haven't watched any of his stuff lately, but I saw a commercial for Vicious Circle on Friday night that reminded me that I love him. He's really funny and bonus, he's hot.
Oh man, I love this show. I learned so much from this show as a kid. Like why Arnold turned orange, what a hypothesis is, what molecules look like, how to get out of a glass jar, how to make a storm, and what happens when you swallow your gum.
Sex and the City is one of my favorite shows. One big part of why I love it is Carrie's wardrobe. I recently watched the whole series (again) and remembered to get some screenshots of my favorite Carrie outfits.
Season Two
Season Three
Season Four
Season Six
The Movie
In Cake Decorating, we learned to make flowers and borders with buttercream icing.
Roses
5 petal flowers and then I started making up my own.
Borders
I sort of made this one up. Not the ruffled look, but putting it over the edge like that.
In Baking class we made Brioche, Boston Cream Pies, and Creme Caramels. Wish I took pictures, but I was a little busy baking.
I was extra busy this past week with the beginning of Runaway Girls, so I didn't even think of collecting 10 things for this post. So, I thought instead that I would share 10 things I love from other blogs' 10 Things I Love Sunday/Pretty Things posts. Be sure to check out the blogs, too.
The video blogging group, Runaway Girls, I started finally posted our first videos on Saturday! You can get to know all of the girls! If you'd like to join our group, check out our Facebook group and apply to join.
Addie and Steph have yet to upload their intro videos, but they will soon!
Love her new hair cut! [P.S. Her last name is pronounced Va-si-kov-ska.]
2. Valentine's Day (Today!)
Today I'm going for Chinese food with my friends Jessica & Monica because it's also the Chinese New Year today. Then we are coming back to my place to watch Nicholas Sparks movies. Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook and Nights in Rodanthe. 3. Glaze
I made heart-shaped cupcakes for Valentine's Day. I love glaze rather than icing. 4. Audrey Hepburn Poster
My BFF Kim gave this to me a few weeks ago. It goes perfectly under my shelf of cute, pink, girly things. I'm going to get it framed because I don't want it to get ruined. 5. Dexter
I just started watching it. I really like it. Dexter is strange and I like it. Also, he's cute. The show is interesting, mysterious and just a little bit creepy. 6. Get Him to the Greek Trailer
I love Russell Brand. He's reprising his role as Aldous Snow (previously seen in Forgetting Sarah Marshall) for this movie. It looks really funny. Possibly pretty stupid, but funny none the less.
7. Michael's Jewelry
I used to get weak in the knees in the baking aisles at Michael's, but now I am lusting after all the beautiful jewelry. These are some of my favorite pendants I saw last time I was there. I must have this one for our Alice in Wonderland Tea Party in March.Have I mentioned my love for birdcages? I'm definitely getting this one.
8. My Clean & Organized Apartment
I spent all day and night yesterday cleaning and organizing everything in my apartment, top to bottom, because it really needed it and I have friends coming over today. Because I'm a very visual thinker, I can't think clearly if what I see around me is a mess. If my apartment is a mess, my mind is a mess. Cleaning my apartment cleans my brain, as well. Feels good.
9. Saturday Night Live
I haven't watched SNL in a long time because I don't stay up that late, but I've started downloading recent episodes. I'm totally in love with it. Here are some of my favorite sketches.
10. Coeur de Pirate
This adorable girl from Montreal makes beautiful French music. I just wish I could understand it better...
I'm the only girl doing Buzz Video Blog Net that talks about her life for more than 30 seconds before doing the question & challenge. Am I just self-centered and chatty, or are the other girls just boring?
I follow some pretty interesting people on Twitter, so I thought I'd share them with you and explain why I follow them. I follow most of them because it's an easy way to see blog updates to all my favorite blogs in one list. They are in order starting with the people I most recently started following, just because that's the order they are in when I look at my list on Twitter.
Sky Ferreira - she's a cool bitch. "me and @mattirwinlondon just stumbled upon some guy jacking of on Chat Roulette we said nice tattoo,he stops and types thanks." Katie Haddox - crafty girl, blog updates.
I'm in LURVE with these babies.
