Fall 2009 RTW Highlights pt.1 Fabric

I've been really impressed by the serious nature of this year's fall rtw. Sadly, however, haven't seen many traces of it in retail fashion. Many of the stores I've seen are still pumping out sheers and laces, without regard to the economical trend of this fall.

One of the most common trends I saw in these collections was thick material. Designers were realistic in their textile choices--most prominent in Prada, who's tops were draped velvet and coats of thick wool.

Skinamarlink

(This is an email I just wrote to my Dad but I thought I'd share it with you)


Hello,

so I thought I should show you this. So cute and simple and sort of genius, en mon avis (or is it en ma avis, since I'm female?).

Part of the Sartorialist's site is devoted to taking pictures of people on bikes.

This is such a funny, if illegal, idea.
Hello,

I'm happy when I see people taking something that looks old and ugly and making it new and beautiful.

I love the look of maps.

Well, that is all! Have a great day! By the way, do you know where a person can get old or broken ceramic tiles, cheap?

Nicole

I'm a big fat liar.

Hey guess what? My emotional stability is comparable to a dishtowel.
Because I have exciting news:

BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH WILL BE AT REGINA FOLKFEST! I REPEAT: BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH WILL BE AT REGINA FOLKFEST!! DID I MENTION? BEDOUIN SOUNDCLASH WILL BE AT REGINA FOLKFEST! AH! AH! AH!

...oh goodness, a trend

I haven't posted in 20 days.
Sorry.
But things have gone crazy so my mind hasn't been able to work. Looks like I'm not going to Victoria because of a bajillion terrible circumstances.
My life has gone weird. I've realised so much of what I believe makes no sense. I've realised that I've relied on cookie-cutter theology to back my beliefs and explain how I live.

So I'm maybe taking a break from blogging. Maybe. I'm very capricious, people, so don't take my word for it. I could post a five page essay on here tommorow. And probably not a long break, either.

Nikki

Best Summer Evs!

I told you I had crazy good news.

And I wasn't lying: I FIGURED OUT WHAT I'M DOING THIS SUMMER.

I'm going to Vicky B! Victoria, British Columbia! City of Liberty Forever! One and a half hours away from my birthplace, Nanaimo, BC! And I'm staying at the Painted Turtle!!!! AND IM GONNA GO WHALE WATCHING!!!!!

Ok, I definately have to slow down a bit and explain with ease and caution and less exclamation marks. I have deliberated for a long time. And if I get this job I have applied for (which I would get a gazillion more hours in) I'm definately going. For eight days (Last exclamation mark, I swear)!

I thought about Banff for a while. In fact, it's sort of still in consideration...a bit. Because if I went to Banff I could go on a zip line tour AND white water rafting which would be crazy rad. But Victoria has a beach...and WHALES. And a train. I haven't seen the ocean in forever. And I definately do not have the money or brainpower to go to both.

No matter where I go, I'm bringing my easel and I'm going to paint, and write, and take pictures...and it will be super great.

K, so this is where you come in. Victoria or Banff? Let's make a comparison list!!!

Victoria:

The beach.

Antique stores.

Whale Watching

Crazy Beautiful Hotel

Totally relaxing getaway

The fun train to Nanaimo

Not much adventure

Could get bored

I like to shop

Theatre! Hooray!

Banff:

The Giant Forest

Zip Line Tour

White Water Rafting

Horseback Riding

Really Intense, fast paced adventure

The scary bus from Calgary to Banff

Sketchy Hostel

Could get tired, overwhelmed, not very relaxing at all

I think I like to hike but when it comes down to it...I don't.

Mountains! (climbable ones, unlike those on V island)

No busses in the city...lots of walking

Mmmm....verdict?

my ankle hurts. but not as much as my heart does for John Krasinski.

So soccer with friends is generally not a good idea your as bad at soccer as I am. Soccer with acquaintances is worse, because acquaintances don't care about you enough to not let you fall and twist your ankle.
I played soccer today. I went to kick the ball and a certain gentleman kicked my other leg out. Succesfully disabling me from running. It was horrid. I almost cried but had enough dignity to hold it in and sniffle out an "I'm fine."

Anyway, I have other stuff to tell you but it deserves its own blog post because it's just that darn special. This is like, the next blog post preview special:

I FINALLY KNOW WHAT IM DOING WITH MY 10 DAYS OFF THIS SUMMER!
(and it's gonna be great)
and also, here is a picture to ease your anticipatory suffering. It's John Krasinski, my future lover. Take it in.

dancing as we go, our bodies move fast and then slow...

Oh, you Francophonians. You and your tragic lyrics and your fiddle playing and your hair flippin', skirt twirlin', jaunty little tunes. Mes maux de coeur pour vous too. Was just at a francophone folk festival.

p.s it snowed. What the balogna?

I haven't blogged much. That will change soon.

I found this picture on my computer. It was something I wanted to post but never got around to it.

This is The Old Country Market in Coombs, BC. I used to visit there when I was a youngun' living in Vancouver. I was always enthralled by the goats that lived on the roof above the stores. My favourite thing was when my dad would buy me an "Original Recipe Sasparilla" and a Tiger Tiger Icecream in a waffle cone.

Feeling reminiscent.

I am dying. Quite Possibly. But probably not.

I am sick. So sick, I do not have any idea why I am blogging about being sick but I've had no one to talk to so I'm blogging.
I have 35% less white blood cells than the average person. This means I get sick a lot but lately, I get sick all the time. A month ago I was hit with bronchitis that lasted a week. Between 3 o'clock yesterday and this morning I have developed bronchitis or something like it, AGAIN. It's ridiculous. Because I am self-centered, whiny, and over all acting like a child, this is what's wrong:

1. Head feels like it has a stack of encyclopedias on it.
2. Cannot breathe. Suffocate when I lie down. This will prove to be fatal after you look at #4
3. Lower back and sides have cramped up. Cannot move.
4. Just took some Coactifed (codine and something else) and so my mind is buzzing, my legs feel like jello, and I'm falling asleep.
5. Cannot stop crying.
6. Am terribly hungry but everything I look at makes me feel naseous.

Hooray for me! I am going to die. Codine makes me feel weird and it's not entirely covered under my plan (oh yeah Americans, health care: suck it) so I'm spending like $30 a bottle. Honestly, I feel like I'm on a ship, and I'm sea sick, and when I walk it's like walking on a stormy ocean. And there's not even any rum like there usually is on a ship.
I mean, there is rum, in my cupboard, but mixing medication with alcohol has proven to be a bad idea.

So that is how I am, just warning I might not post for a while. Now I'm gone to stumble into bed and cry.
Good night.

Nikki