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so if you know me at all, you know that i am what my mother calls "a dog with a bone." i get fascinated with something and then i spend all my energy for a period of time on that thing. not too long ago one of my facinations became the work of mel kadel. i just became so obsessed with the illustrations. some of my favorites are "holding down the fort," "grand old fort," and "foot bath." okay, so, another one of my recent fascinations has been critiquing the designs of wine bottle labels. i have grown to adore this hobby. so, last night i am at world market with my mother and i round the corner to look at the shiraz labels and lo and behond a mel kadel illustration was the label for a south australian wine entitled "strong arms." it's gorgeous!!!! i made my mom buy it and the wine was fully cunsumed by 8 last night. it, as well, was wonderful by the way. anyway, i was very excited and plan on using the bottle as decoration in my apartment. i was already intending on putting some of the illustrations up anyway. here are some of my favorite mel kadel illustrations and an image i found online of the label. :D

HOLDING DOWN THE FORT


GRAND OLD FORT


FOOT BATH


STRONG ARMS LABEL

so a few things:

1- my near and dear friend angie took me out to dinner tonight at one of my favorite SA,TX hotspots, sushi zushi (shout out) we had a feast!!!! a tuna tower, edamame, two california hand rolls, four pieces of salmon sashimi, two pieces of unagi, a favorite roll, and a boston roll later, we were full, full, full! it was amazing.

2- i went and picked up job apps today (wah, wah, wahhhh). sad b/c that means i'm here all summa, but i need money. here or in chicago, i NEED a job. i am even applying to urban outfitters. please someone come and save my little art school soul. ppl are cracking up b/c even though it's a shit job, i realllly want to work at a movie theater! i mean, come on ppl, FREE movies. that would save me hundreds of dollars a year.

3- so you think you can dance is back!!! yayyy! it started up again last week and tonight was my first 2009 fix of none other than MIA FREAKING MICHAELS. aka: my favorite person ever. (besides amber tamblyn of course)

4- i found some pictures from chris park from forever ago! maybe i'll go tomorrow...

So...except for my first night back, which was spend with my loves molly, bri, and georgia, and when i got to see kait the next day, SA,TX has be SO BORING. So tonight I pulled out my old watercolors that I've had since i was just a babe in germany and made some postcards and cards. my friend annie has her 21st (whoopwhoop) coming up and the neighbor girls are turning 7, 7, and 3 next week. Apparently i am mad obsessed with balloons. haha. ALSO! MY 21st is coming up later this summer (august 21) and since my sister won't be in the country, (she is moving to london) i bugged her to buy me these shoes i lovedddd at anthropologie. $245 to $30? yes, please! enjoy the pics!

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26 weeks.

damn--that's a long time.

today i bought a glassware set!!! 8 of each! yeah for growing up?

perez hated it, thus the wtf, but even though i'm not the biggest miley fan, and i hate to say it, i honestly think it was my favorite dress of the whole night...

anne is always so classy, and i love her in this beautiful dress.

so beautiful. if i get even get married, i would might even wear it, even though it's white.

perez hates her, but i love her! and i LOVE this dress!!!!!! especially with her skin.

just so pretty. simple and gorgeous.

These last two are tied for second place with me. i am so in love with both of them!!!!!!

So, I went over to my friends' house to watch the oscars, and we had so much fun! It was such a good show this year and I felt very passionately about it since I was a passionate supporter of some of the films this time around. Such as SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.  remarkable.