HIATUS

I've decided to temporarily abandon this blog until I figure out what I want to use it for and how I want to present that content, because right now everything is just a big fat mess.

You can find me on tumblr here or at my other blog here. Toodly-doo.

On LIFE'S MYSTERIES

Things I don't understand:

1. Facebook poking and its social implications
2. The point of Twitter
3. Why must Reh Dogg cry?
4. Bill O'Reilly
5. The kind of person that buys Jesus on a soap
6. Jodhpurs with puffy thighs
7. Drop-crotch pants
8. MC Hammer
9. How curiosity killed the cat
10. Why twelve points equals a pica
11. The purpose of sorting a list reverse alphabetically
12. "Bluffin' with my muffin"
    

This is an ongoing list.

I Want, I Want: Alexander Wang for Gap

"We predict a massive line of petite women shoving their bodies into size 14 t-shirts at Gap Kids come the debut."
— Fashionista, on the future Stella McCartney-Gap Kids collaboration

Speaking of Gap collaborations ... Alexander Wang for Gap. Can't say I've always been a huge fan of the hype surrounding him. I don't really understand why everyone thinks his relationship with Erin Wasson is fascinating. I don't really understand why people find Erin Wasson fascinating (though I am amused at how she practically spawned side-slit leggings). But, then again, I'm most certainly not the type of person that obsesses over the perfect white t-shirt or the model di rigeur that everyone fawns over.

However, man oh man, Alexander Wang for Gap. Now that is motivation for me to save my pennies. I'd pair them with these Rachel Comey for Urban Outfitters shoes and call myself a modern-day incarnation of Daisy Buchanan.

SOURCE: racked

Kitten Tuesday!

CREDIT: kaygeemoney & affacino & lisa doe

In case you weren't aware, Flickr has a blog where they post all sorts of crazy cool weird freaky nifty sweet pictures that get uploaded to their site. My recent favorite posts have been The Escape Plan, living with clowns (silly looking dogs), Isolated Building Structures, and The final frontier (Everyone needs to see this last one 'cuz it's too cool for school; you can see the silhouette of a spaceship against the sun!).

Anyway, today's post was called Kitten Tuesday and I was going to re-post it but then forgot and now it's already 30 minutes into Wednesday. This is alright, though, because kitty adulation transcends both space and time.

Go to their blog to look at more photos and videos and also previous Kitten Tuesdays here and here.

SOURCE: flickrblog

LOOK AT THESE GQ MOTHERFUCKERS.

... who have more fashion and style than I could ever hope to possess. These two fellows aren't related in any way, other than the fact that I stumbled on both of them over the weekend ... over the internet, which makes me feel like a huge creepster pedo bear deluxe for looking at and re-posting their pictures.

First off is "Gavi," which I think is a play on Tavi ...


He's sort of this 13-year-old avant-garde quasi-miniature version of Bryan Boy and Peter, and not just because they are all Asian. Oh ok, maybe a little bit because they are all Asian, but I can't help loving well-dressed Asian men! They look so dapper!

VIA: white lightning
(BTW she is wearing those Chloe booties — that I bought and the mail service lost — in her banner and it makes me want to cry. WHERE ARE MY SHOES?!?)
SOURCE: lookbook.nu



Next up is Arlo Weiner...




CREDIT: nancy pastor

"The second-grade fashion plate has a walk-in closet stuffed with the kinds of clothes that a Vegas magician would envy: a white tailcoat, a gold lamé suit jacket with notch lapels and black contrast taping, vintage aloha shirts, crisp new seersucker suits and pink oxford cloth shirts. Drawers are crammed with colorful clip-on ties, and shelves overflow with board games like Sorry and Score Four that commingle with fedoras and collapsible top hats."

I hate to make such generalizations about people (this is a lie, I love generalizations) but Arlo is like an 8-year-old version of Chuck Bass. Style-wise, that is. I really hope this kid isn't an alcoholic man-whore. Arlo is the son of Matt Weiner, the creator of "Mad Men." And now you are all going, "aaahhh, that makes sense." Definitely check out the sources links, because there are interviews with him, where he dishes out sound sartorial tips like, "Don’t wear ripped pants, don’t wear shirts that are all worn out and don’t wear a [suit] jacket over a shortsleeve shirt — and I don’t like tank tops so much."

VIA: dyna moe
SOURCES: gq & la times & la times



And finally, NATHANIEL, who likes to "dain"

"How Steve Brill pitched newspaper executives on charging for online content — and why they’re buying it"

"The most intriguing slides, toward the end of the presentation, run some figures for hypothetical Newspapers X, Y, and Z — which appear to be roughly the size of The Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and The Austin American-Statesman, though those are just my own guesses."

...

"Some of their estimates seem awfully optimistic, and the bottom-line benefits cited in the slides wouldn’t be enough to, say, reverse the losses at a paper like The Boston Globe, which is said to be losing $85 million this year. Still, these figures offer a window into what some newspaper executives are weighing as they debate whether to take the plunge into paid content."

SOURCE: mediabistro

Bluntcard.com

Bluntcards comprise of retro photos, probably clipped out of some old Sears catalog, with some sort of anachronistic hilarity and inappropriate saying next to it (in a font I'm not too fond of, but different strokes for different folks — pun intended, lol dezine nerrds). Clearly, this has obvious nods to Anne Taintor and someecards, so it's not the most original concept but it's still funny nonetheless.

VIA: tandera