taste of summer

skirt (worn as a dress) - used to be my mom's, belt - thrifted

It seems summer came and went in mere days here in Washington. It's still August but we're already having days cool enough for sweaters and tights. And it didn't get hot until mid July. So that's what, one month of actual nice weather. And even that was intermittent.

Yesterday's cold temperatures make this photo almost heartbreaking to me. I miss those few hot days! I miss throwing on something breezy and no shoes and just hanging out. This is one of those things that I really just wear around the house, although I did go to the grocery store for pizza ingredients in this outfit. I added sandals and a chambray work shirt to the skirt/dress and rainbow colored leather belt (which I love, by the way. it's kind of goofy but perfect for the summer). The pizza was delicious, cooked on the grill, with apple, spinach, provolone, feta, and carmelized onions. YUM.

I had been planning a show/party at my house for the next day, with a couple of my friends' bands playing and such, but ended up having to cancel it because two of my friends got arrested! We only found out the night before the show was supposed to happen and they had already been in jail a whole day and we had no idea if they were going to get out in time to play. Since their band was the one I really wanted to have at the party, we cancelled the show. They got out the next day and totally could have played but by that time we'd told everyone not to come. The whole thing was pretty funny, especially when I got pulled over right after finding out they were in jail. It definitely made me a bit more nervous when I was talking to the cop, but it ended up being no big deal. I had a break light out, and the cop warned me there was a lot of drug activity so I should be careful. Which I totally already know since half the kids I went to high school with are on heroin now and I found a bunch of used needles in the woods by my house when I was walking my dog.

workkk

These are a few less than stellar photos of outfits I wore ages ago. Work appropriate stuff is so boring.

cardigan - thrifted, matt & kim shirt - concert, skirt - thrifted, tights - gift, shoes - converse

dress - discount store, tights - target, cardigan - thrifted, shoes - converse

shooting elephants and tigers

dress - gap, necklace - ghana, shoes - pf flyers

I always feel like I'm on a safari when I wear this dress. Thought a necklace from somewhere exotic would go well, so I wore this great string of glass beads from Ghana. My grandparents gave this to me, and they got it from some relatives we have that are from Ghana. It's beautiful. The translucent red rectangles have swirls of milky white in them and it feels so cold on your neck when you first put it on. It's surprisingly heavy and I enjoy the way it does drape softly but sort of has a shape of its own. More than clothes, I have a lot of emotional connections to my jewelry.

ducksss

So I know it's been ages since my last real post. I've been busy with life, both good and bad. I've been alternating between extreme happiness--days filled with sun and friends, booze and good music; and sadness and lethargy. I'm trying to focus on the happy things, and there's a lot of that so it's not too hard, but I have been bummed a lot lately too. The combination of the two, and the lack of any sort of middle ground, has definitely contributed to my not posting. When things are going well, I'm too busy doing really great awesome fun rad things to even think about blogging. I'd always rather be swimming or drinking or going to shows than sitting at home writing a blog post, as much as I do enjoy blogging. I never ever would choose my computer over living my life. But lately the days I would usually blog, the ones where I'm sitting around at home doing nothing, or after work and I don't feel like going out, I've been in too lousy of a mood to want to write about clothes and junk.

But enough whining, and enough excuses. I'm back now! I just needed to hash that out, for myself, and it was good.

tee - pacsun, skirt - thrifted, necklaces - talonalia, boots - thrifted rockport, sunglasses - thrifted humphreys

This is one of the spots I like to eat lunch on nice days when I'm at work. It's by a river and a bike path and there's a little bench that's really nice to sit on. Sometimes there's ducks to watch and once I saw a heron. I sit on the bench and read and it's usually my favorite part of the day. Especially when there's ducks. Did I mention the ducks?

They're so cute!

I've been too busy enjoying summer and turning 21 to blog. Pictures have been taken, in abundance, and I'll be back with a vengeance when life awesomeness dies down.

solstice

Again, this one is from awhile back. Specifically the summer Solstice. We went to Fremont, skipped the parade, but did check out the fair stuff going on. Fremont (a neighborhood in Seattle) is pretty well known for the Solstice parade, and also for the fact that there is a lot of nudity at said parade. So yeah, I saw a lot of naked people, especially of the "don't want to see that" variety, both with body paint and entirely bare. But there was also a lot of really great stuff, like this totally rad old man doing a live action video game. He held the frame and puppets were controlled by the joystick. It was the happiest thing I've seen in a long time. Also, we saw a really cute boy in a band. I think the band was called Ravenna Woods, but I'm not sure. Actually, there were a lot of cute boys, wearing a lot of flannel, all day. For being the summer SOLSTICE, it was a really chilly day. My friend Liam also bought this hilarious skull headed staff to replace one his friend had stolen from a party. Nothing livens up a walk around the city like voodoo staff.

shirt - buffalo exchange, cardigan - urban outfitters, jeans - urban outfitters, sandals - contributor by rachel comey, bag - liberty of london for target

I felt that wearing something rather dreamy and ethereal was appropriate for the longest day of the year, despite the lousy weather. And I woke up with a kind of crazy hair action going on which I rather loved. Added a braid and threw it up in a messy bun. I actually have a dress that's very similar to this shirt, but I need to fix the smocking at the waist. It actually used to be my mom's and it's really beautiful.

ghosthunters seattle

90s dress - thrifted, sweater - urban outfitters, tights - target, boots - thrifted, depeche mode necklace - gift, lipstick - really red by revlon

Holy shit, this is old! And blurry, so sorry for that. I know I say this all the time, but I'm really behind and I need to blog a bunch of old shit before I totally forget about it. I wore this probably . . . about a month ago. A friend of Liam's organized this ghost tour in Seattle. A guide takes you to all these supposedly haunted and supernatural places around Pike Place Market. It was kind of a blast. I didn't see a single ghost, but there is this one sculpture that is supposedly where a bunch of energy lines converge and also the former site of Princess Angeline's (she was the daughter of Chief Seattle, or more accurately Si'ahl) house, and when you hold your hand over it in just the right place you're supposed to feel something like a tingle or magnetic repulsion. I THINK I might have felt something. It was weird. Anyways, I think this might be the first picture in which I'm wearing my new (at least at the time) boots. They're exactly like those brown ones I have, the ones I think of as my logging boots, except these are black and a little shiny. But they're the same brand and equally comfortable, and were very cheap at the thrift store. Cheaper than army surplus combat boots, so I'm happy.