136 Year Old Book

I found this book (the one in the center) in the stacks at the art library. It was published in 1871 and is held together by a rubber band.

Mascara ... menos caro.

Though I was skeptical, I was also curious, and so I broke down and finally bought a tube of mascara with a rubber brush- Maybelline's Define-A-Lash. I figured that someone as into makeup as I am should certainly be willing to experiment, right? As I am devoted to giant, full mascara brushes like those of Dior and Clinique, the weird rubber brush (which looks like something I saw in a window in Amsterdam) took a little getting used to. After the adjustment period, though, I have to say, I really like it. It really does make your lashes super longgg, it doesn't run, and it's about 1/3 the price of the mascara I usually use. So in case you were thinking, "Hmm.. I wonder how those weird rubber mascara brushes work..." There you go.

Perez Hilton's Idiot Of The Day

Consolation Prizes

if i hadn't overslept, i wouldn't have encountered chuck.

i usually catch the 8:01 train to new york. this morning, i woke up at 8:15. somehow, i was a mere half hour late, which was still unnerving, because despite my history as being perpetually tardy, i have been 10-20 minutes early almost every day since i began this job. on my later, less crowded train, i sat in close proximity to a man named chuck. i know that his name was chuck because every time his phone rang (about four times) he said, "this is chuck." i also spied a matching pair of crazians, a man and a woman sitting side by side. i first noticed that they had the same glasses, then i realized that their shirts were very similar too- both dress shirts with thin stripes. my favorite part was that when i looked down, i saw that even their shoes were twins- same shape, same color. weird.

she wants to wear her sunglasses at night

that's one bright bebe

Correggio's Adoration of the Shepherds

The Yorck Project
GNU Free Documentation License

30 Days of Fashion

30 Days of Fashion

Thursday: Tim Gunn and I, under one roof. Sort of. <3
Again.

Subway Spotting

Sexiest Pair of Words [that could possibly be found on a man's t-shirt]:

Architects' Regatta.

'Nuff said.

Simply Vera

For the girl who sat behind me on the train on Friday, obscenely chewing her gum and talking on her cell phone, loudly, for an hour:
Simply Vera [by] Vera Wang, not "very simply Vera Wang"

britney's VMAs "performance"

reallllly???

one very, very indie band - the new york times magazine, march 4, 2007
i can't wait to see their show in october.

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1. netflix is the greatest.
upon returning to bruns, sick and tired of hunting in vain for movies at blockbuster (and/or paying $5 a movie 'on-demand'), i converted to netflix. so far, it's been a wise investment.

2. tellmeyouloveme, testicles and all.
speaking of on-demand, i decided to watch the pilot of HBO's new series the other day, and there is more sex in that show than i think i've ever seen in a show. i mean explicit sex, with vaginas and testicles and everything- tis excellent! it's not vulgar, just surprising. daring- which i respect. oh yeah, the content of the show is interesting too.

3. BA: beauty-aholics anonymous
now that i spend three full days a week in a closet full of wonderful beauty products, you'd think that my compulsive cosmetic purchasing might be curbed. think again! i'm currently waiting [impatiently] on the delivery of my new nars eyeshadow. also, i went to sephora on my lunch break the other day. too much?

4. since when do keds impart blisters?
i bought what i consider to be just about the most adorable/preppy pair of shoes to ever exist: navy blue, cable-knit keds. i wore them thursday as what i hoped would be a comfortable alternative to heels in the city. to my dismay, i ended up with blisters all over my crunched feet by lunchtime and had to make an emergency stop at duane reade (this seems to happen to me a lot).

5. fancy-schmancy sunglasses = motivation to touch your eyeballs
because you just can't wear sunglasses over eyeglasses (unless they're the cataract type, or those clip-on things).