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Last week I made a very exciting necklace by crocheting wire and then covering it with vintage earrings and pins.
Yesterday I received 100 silver pyramid studs in the mail. DIY huraa! All day I proceed to cover a pair of shoes, an old T, the neck of a vintage dress, a belts... you get the idea.... with studs.
My comp class is crazy...... have any of you ever been stuck in a classroom with a bunch of crazy kids who can't get there mind out of the gutter?
Something very nice though is that tomorrow I am glong to go visit a dear friend of mine in VA. We are going to paint and listen
beautiful music and take pictures... lost of them. While I am away I will post some sketches from my book the my last roll of film.

Chain

This chain form Yokoo is inspiring me at the moment. I have almost 4 links to my own version made.

My dad is a wonderful photographer. Sadly these are B&W so you cant see the colors of the outfit, which are wonderfully psycho. Oh well. maybe I will color one of them in with a marker so you can see the nice rainbow.
Today I picked up some some film. Some of the pictures are nice. I will scan them tomorrow.

When it comes to movies, there are only a few that I really enjoy and remember for their visual beauty and story. The past month I have been blessed to see two wonderful movies in theaters. Slumdog Millionaire and Australia. Both were visually stunning and very well made works of art. 

Tomorrow I am going to pick up a roll of film that has been developed. And I also have some exciting projects going on that I am going to get some digital snaps of, hopefully.

Youth Subculture - Punk

Punk was born in 1976. Unlike many other subcultures that evolved into what we know them as today (goth, grunge, prep etc), punk cam into being suddenly and the looks have not changed much, even though the motivation of punks has changed. Vivienne Westwood and impresario Malcolm McLaren had both dabbled in marketing subculture styles such as teddy boys, but had not assembled look of there own until this time. It was inspired by the wild dressers in the west side of London, and included the most wild items of dress from every previous subculture (black leather + vintage form the teddy boys, skinny pants + blazers from the 60's mod, boots + suspenders form skinheads, shinny plastic + crazy makeup/hair form 70's glam rock, trash) + some. The look was pauperized by the sex pistols, a band that had been assembled by McLaren for the very purpose of marketing. On one hand the look was very disheveled and poor looking, but the juxtaposition of ripped tights and a studded leather jacket was ironic avoided looking poor. Westwood described her design as "confrontation dressing'. The style was on one hand anti fashion and those whol wore it were called rebels, but Westwood desinged the look to be a fashion that was anti-fashion.
Instead of buying into Westwood's expensive designs, many kids got the basics for there punk look from the thrift store.
The look spread form london (where it was carried to an extreme) to america, where it took on a sloper form. It is generally associated with a musical subculture.
It is quite alive today as it ever was.
It is the uniform that those in search for individualism often dawn. Multiple bands sport it. Stores are dedicated to it. Even haute couture designers take great inspiration form it. It is no longer just for rebellious teens, but high fashion. Long live punk.

From style scout



The top images are from google, the bottom images are from foto decadent.
The history was taken form "Thrift Score" by al Hoff.
I really wish I was a bit more punk sometimes. I am going to order a bunch of studs to frost myself with soon.
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This is Clare, a dear friends of mine, devouring huger pretzels. They were very delicious.

This is the ally behind the studio. The weather has been very beautiful of late.

Today I went to school to work on a project for electronic music class.... I have begun to accept that I am going to fail. My creative abilities are limited to clay and ink. I feel like quite a failure. Oh well.
After that I went to publix. I could spend all my money there.
That is the end of my adventures today.

Melody

This is Melody. She is wonderfully wild sometimes. Here we were listening to old records.

Here is my dear cousin Jenny again. I have put all my Holga pictures and a few other film pictures in an album so that I can remember everything when I am old. In the album I am also keeping track of what i am reading, listening to, wand watching at the moment. We shall see how long that lasts.

Got a lookbook. Pretty exciting. Don't have much up yet but check it out sometimes.

Yesterday I started Electronic music class. I am psyched about it, but also a bit worried, seeing as I cant even play the keyboard. We shall see, they  may make of me a musician-type person yet. 

Poladroid is fun. I wish I Had a real polaroid camera.... but then again, seeing how expensive the film is, maybe not.

This sight makes me die laughing every time I go on it. The worst part is I think it is for real.

Orlando..... a park before sunset with my dear cousin and a friend

Uggg... came down with the worst bug saturday. I feel so unproductive.... really need to finish the crazy cardboard chair that is taking up half my room. I am quite happy with it, but it needs it's skeleton and all the unattractive seams covered. 

I cant find the CDs with my portfolio on it.

Here are some pictures I took with my holga in orlando. It is such a wonderful little pice of junk I am just in love with it. 

Coconut Records is wonderful.

I also happened to run into a local street fashion blogger... of course I would be wearing my version of sweat pants. 

Oh and also, celebration because this is my 111 post!

Here are some older pictures. I have loads of new ones but I have to scan them and the scanner is acting up, so as soon as I get that fixed I can update more recent things (pictures taken with my holga, and pictures of last week in orlando). I have put all the pictures in a very pretty book, so that when I am old I will be able to look back to when the world was very colorful and life was full of adventures. 
Today I got a hair cut, it is very nice to have short hair.

Orlando is very nice. the weather is cool and the sky is blue. Here is a picture of my room that I took a few weeks ago. I miss it slightly, but not very much.
Today I got a roll of holga film developed. It turned out quite nice. I am very excited.
I am taking a lot of pictures, hope I don't run out of film...

Balloons

I like balloons, but they do not like me very much, because they all flew away!

Tomorrow is quite exciting, I am leaving to go to florida, a nice warm place, and spend time with one of my dear cousins. We will have wonderful adventures. 

the shirt and belt are thrifted, the tights + socks are my mom, the skirt belongs to a dear friends, and the shoes are UO.

I received for my birthday some wonderful combat boots. They make me feel badass. Maybe one day I will take a picture of them for you.

Today I was yearning for Sweet salsa and chips. I went to the whole foods store and spent too much money. The salsa has peaches and mangoes, but is spicy ... I wished I liked spicy things.

Yesterday was very nice. the sun came out and the sky was blue, and I went downtown and celebrated my birthday with some friends. We ate Pizza. And drank steamers. Withy yummy hazelnut.

My my mind seems to be on food a lot.

Tonight I am going to watch Jane Eyre again. The library cant find the other versions. I need to go to blockbuster. Next up - Mr. Lonely

The version of Sugar, We're Goin' Down by Goat actually makes for a very good song. 

On repeat also is Imogen Heap, the knives.

Found this picture on lookbook. I am not sure what it is about it -  maybe the sky and the way their hands are interlocked  and there dancing, but it is the most stunning image. 

I am going to start a new sculpture tomorrow. I am very board of the one I have been working on for a long time. 

Holga

I finally have some results form my holga. not much, at all, but I am excited about all the adventures we will have together.