College Football and Male Hoola Hooping

About two weekends ago my friend Zotter was having people over to watch the Ohio State football game. I am not into college football at all but there was going to be free food and beer so of course I showed up. Needless to say KC, Faye, and I spent the entire evening talking to each other, not watching the game, and eating jalapeno cheddar cheese chips. Ohio ended up loosing the the environment got incredibly hostile so we booked it out of there pretty quickly for Union Jacks.

Ohio loosing = Zotter scaring me.

Cute ceramic boot table piece Albert's mom gave him and Zotter... presh. I enjoy the cardinal a lot. I get a holiday vibe from it and it makes me happy.

Albert ruining the cuteness of the boot by drinking dusty beer out of it.

That same weekend Adams Morgan was having their yearly street fair. Faye and I discovered this ad on the metro. Both of us had to stare in disgust for a while at it.

The fair was a lot of fun and I got some freaking amazing elephant earrings by haggling with the vendor. I always enjoy a good haggle.

We saw some people from The Real World: Dupont that they are currently taping. Honestly, I saw the cameramen and couldn't find the cast members because the people I saw didn't look cool (slutty) enough to be on the Real World. So I mostly took pictures of the camera men.

This guy apparently thought the motorchair man was more interesting than RW cast members.

The only people enjoying this girls performance were the dozens of old homeless men leering at her.

Adams Mo Day was a lot of fun and after the festivities Faye, her roommate from school Stephanie, Noe, and I went to get Soutinis at this Asian place. I still don't really know what a Soutini is but they are delish! Even the aloe flavored one was pretty good! Bazaar things are happening...

T-Shirt Bed Sheets

Like many people I had about 50 t-shirts that I couldn't stand to part with but I haven't actually worn any of them in probably years. I'm really trying to minimize my life so I needed something to do with these shirts instead of shoving them under my bed for the next year. I came up with a quilted-like bed sheet idea. Basically I spent a couple hours everyday for two weeks cutting the good parts out of the shirts, pinning them to pre-bought fitted sheet and pillow cases, and then sewing them on. It was much more difficult and took longer than I thought it would but I was very proud of myself when I finished. the pillow cases are double sided and the bedsheets have a patchworky feel to them. I think they are a lot of fun and I experience a sense of accomplishment every time I fall asleep on them.

Sorria!

I want to apologize to anyone who reads this silly little blog. I haven't been there for you lately. I've completely fallen off the blog-o-sphere. It just hasn't been on my mind and I've been lacking the motivation. But I do appreciate the people who consistently check for new updates because your pestering is what keeps me going. I promise I'll get back in the swing of things soon.

In other news, I had a job interview the other day. Part time at a swim/greek clothing shop. It is kind of perfect for me because I will be able to gain experience and learn a great deal while utilizing my background with swim teams and greek life. Perfect right? Hopefully if I get the job I can work there for 6 months to a year while taking classes and then be able to jump to a job at a more specialized boutique. Its taken me months to come up with this flimsy little plan.

I hope you all are having a lovely weekend and don't give up on me yet!

Belt Accessories

I've been working on a lot of DIY projects lately. Here I created belt accessories using clip on earrings and a necklace. I hot glued safety pins to the back of these awesome vintage clip on earrings. Then using the hooks on either ends of the necklace I pinned them to the belt. Really easy and quick to do and I thought the result looked pretty cool! Definitely added some flare.

I also finished my quilted bedsheets out of old t shirts that I will need to post. I'm so proud of them. I spent forever working on them!

In A Nutshell

Since I got back from Chicago, I've done a lot of running around and hanging out. Not much else really. I've been walking dogs for extra moneys and went to an open house at the Art Institute of Washington. Life has been pretty nice the past couple weeks.

Last night I went to a BBQ for Duda and Julie's birthdays. Awesome food!

Beats is always dressed to the Nines.

Duda, Noe, and I decorated cups with Sesame Street characters.

The night before Faye, Joyful, and I went to Woodbridge to celebrate Gulli's birthday. Its been birthday bonanza around here.

Beats and Gulli just got back from Sweden. Notice the trend-a-rific clothing.

B. Gooles. Dropping stools. Poo Poo.

A few days before that we held a kickball game. It was awesome! I've never run so much AND had fun doing it! There were only 3 of us on each team with Julie being permanent pitcher. I'm proud to say that my team (The Fox Millers) were down by 8 runs but came back to win by 5!

Fox Millers

Team photo

The weekend before that I went out to Woodbridge to have lunch for Joy's birthday. It was great because I got to see a bunch of people I hadn't seen in months and catch up on all the dramz I've been missing. Hah

Shes so sassy.

And the Friday before I went to a Nats game with Faye and Thomas. $1 seats! And they were REALLY good seats.

I love the President's Race. It gets me every time.

See? REALLY good seats.

And a few days before that, Ben was in town for his sisters wedding so a few of us got together for drinks and shminks.

The weekend before Faye and I traveled to Richmond to visit her sister, Jax. It makes me want to be in college again! I love VCU, I love Jax, and I loved that weekend. Full of mischief.

Lady Gaga?

They ate the bunny candles I had brought as a house warming gift. Glad they were put to good use.

Carey Town Shenanigans.

And finally, before the trip to Chicago for Lolla but after the road trip, my dear friends got together to celebrate my birthday and my return from adventureland.

I like this one. Not because I look like I've been sucked into a tornado, but because Tom's head is on fire.

I will never let KC style my hair again.

So basically that's what I've been doing. A whole lot of nothing really. Drinking, playing kickball, walking dogs, and catching up with all that I missed. I have a feeling this fun won't last much longer.

Lolla 2009

I'm finally doing it! I'm finally updating after about 2 weeks of silence. I don't know why I retreated, I just hadn't been in the mood to blog. But, I'm now reconciling. Here's some stuff from my trip to Chicago at the beginning of August for Lollapalooza. Could not have been more fun!

My friend Beth Ann and I stayed at the W Hotel. It was really fancy and way out of my price range. We had a kaleidoscope in our room. What!?

Our first night in town. The hotel had a rooftop bar and after being denied into Pete Wentz's party at Angels and Kings (In his defense it was invite only and we most certainly were not invited) we headed back to our hotel to check out the rooftop shindig. Beautiful view + pricey drinks = I'm wasted. The bathroom was maybe the coolest part of all. Red rock sinks and hanging chain doorways instead of actual doors.

The next morning we walked to Grant Park and while standing in line it started to rain. It didn't stop raining ALL day. I was completely unprepared (unlike Beth Ann) and spent the whole day soaking wet and covered in mud.

Manchester Orchestra - first act, first day. I had leave half way through the set to go puke. Not a good idea to get hammered the night before a three day festival.

The Decemberists! Hazards of Love is one of my current faves and I couldn't not miss them. I stood in the same spot for 3 hours to make sure I got a great view. There was a mass of thousands behind me so I figure it was worth it. Their set was so good. It was so theatrical and dramatic. The crowd would freak every time Margaret or the Mother would start singing and they portrayed their characters so well. If you don't know what I'm talking about, go get Hazards of Love right now!

Day two - Langhorne Slim! I'm madly in love with Langhorne and I didn't even know he would be playing at Lolla. It was fate. Even more so that he was doing a signing afterwards!

SWOON. I was such a wreck. All I could say was "You're just great." and "I'm totally smitten." Who says that!!??

Couldn't stand any longer due to feet on the verge of explosion, so this was my view for Gomez. Could have been worse.

SantiGold.

Lykke Li. She was playing near Perry's where they played techno all day every day. Needless to say, there were a lot of people rolling during her set as they wandered over from Perry's.

My signed CD for Langhorne. I was in a total adrenaline rush for the rest of the day.

That night Beth Ann just so happened to win tickets to an invite only show at some bar for The Gaslight Anthem. It was so cool! I felt so VIP. There were only like 100 people there and the show was awesome. I didn't know much of their music but I was totally blown away.

Day Three - Kaiser Chiefs. For some reason there weren't that many people at their set. I think they're great and so much fun.

Band Of Horses! Beth Ann is a big fan of theirs and I'm just getting acquainted, but we stood by the stage for 2 hours waiting for them and it was totally worth it! The show was amazing! Everyone was so into the music and it was invigorating.

We saw many more bands over those three days but if I were to document them all, it would take forever. Lolla was great and I'm so glad I got to go! Although it wasn't the cheapest weekend, it was so worth every cent because I got to see amazing bands, meet my soul mate, and pop into invite only shows all in my favorite city ever! LML.