hurr

I want to dye my hair.

I never have been so keen to dying my hair as I am at this point in my life. As some people know, I have kind of a beautiful natural haircolor. (ahem)

Okay I'm not bragging! But I mean, I am lucky to have a hair color that suits my skintone, is shiny and has some subtle natural highlights. In the sun it shines red, and after summer is through I usually get a few caramel strands, which I like. I haven't dyed my hair, ever. (No, getting insanely natural highlights in 8th grade doesn't count, and neither does the red color gloss that washed out in 6 days.) In general, I am satisfied with my haircolor.

But there is a part of my that has always wanted to go a liiiittle bit crazy. Make my hair more edgy. Be a little spontaneous. Hair is so important to women, it truly is their pride and joy. I feel like this is why hairstyles and haircare is so important to almost all women, whether they are glammed up shopaholics or don't even wear chapstick, they all desire healthy, soft, smooth, shiny, managable hair! Whether it's a pixie or untouched by shears, we really define ourselves through hair.

Perhaps is this The Rebellion sneaking up on me again? I think so. Here are the ideas of how I would like to edge up my hair:

Gray-

Seen on everyone from Kelly Osbourne to Proenza Schouler's Spring 2010 runway, gray hair has been in. I actually think it may be getting a tad passe now, but nobody in Seattle has been sporting it so I may just be an anomaly after all (woo!).

Gaga had it. It was gorgeous. The reason why I love gray is that it is unexpected. Close to white, sometimes hinting at lavender or blue...gorgeous.

Observe Pixie Geldof, with more platiunum gray locks, and darling Tavi Gevinson. Tavi is like, 13. If she can dye her hair gray, so can I. (Note: I would not dye my entire head gray. Just do some artful streaks.)

Lavender-

Kelly again, transitioning from Lavender to Gray. Um, how insanely sophisticated does this hair look? It is amazingly flattering. Who knew purple could step outside the bounds of hot topic groupie to total perfection? Now, while this lavender color could also "interact" with gray, I could just go the basic route...

Yeah Gaga, work it girl. This color is just as pretty, and not as neon as other purples. Less lavender though and more lilac.

Blue-

Tavi again, interviewing Diane Von Furstenburg, sporting periwinkle locks. Sigh.

Pink-

LOOK AT THIS PASTEL! Doesn't it just make you melt? It makes me think of cotton candy...beautiful. Shiny. Feminine. And not nasty bright pink. Although...

I want this girl's bright pink locks terribly. Maybe it's the carefully done ombre effect that gets me. Maybe it's the fact that it isn't covering her whole head, and that her hair isn't disgustingly straight, pinned back with a bow clip, and that she isn't wearing black skinny jeans w/ chains on them/an Invader Zim shirt. Huuum. Anyway she's gorge, and I wanna be her.

Dying the ends-

Again, Proenza Schouler Spring 2010. Ombre hair has been in for months...but taking advantage of it in shades of purple and green would be a refreshing twist.

Multi-

Last but not least, Gaga is rockin the multi-colored look, with shades of blue and pinkish-purple bleeding into her flossy locks.

Katy Perry, in perhaps what the most accurate representation of what my hair would look like, adds bright magenta, light pink, along with aqua and violet to her dark hair.

So many options, readers. What to do? Who will dye it? Will my hair fall out? Will it cost an arm and a leg? I want to do it irregardless.

pop up

Il etait une fois - Benjamin Lacombe from B&C on Vimeo.


Some people don't know that I am an illustration major. So I try to notice illustrators specifically in my art musings and discoveries. (I don't know where this major will take me. And to the narrow minded: no, I don't specifically want to "illustrate children's books", although that may be cool, that is not the only option for an illustration major. duh.)

Ok anyway anyway, check out this AMAZING illustrator, Benjamin Lacombe. His new pop-up book fancifully illustrates key scenes from classic children's stories, although I don't quite recognize the stories behind some of the pictures. (enlighten me, perhaps?)

But aren't these illustrations wonderful? Insanely creative ways to have them pop up, gorgeous colors, carefully crafted character design...I would love this as a child. And additionally, it allows the parent to use the illustration to verbally tell the story behind it!

know.

Why are friendships so complex? When you love someone, shouldn't that be all? I hate wading through all of the insecurities, schedule conflicts, and so called personal needs to finally get to that moment where we're laughing like we always did. It seems like that feeling is so hard to get to, but I would do anything to reach it more often.

When the timing is more often off than on, that is when my insecurities set in and start to take over. Why do we believe the wild thought that is only in our mind? It isn't often true. The horrible thing is that I have an uncanny sense of intuition, much more attuned than the regular feminine variety, so what if my worried thoughts are in fact true?

I just rest on the hope that things will be alright. That we will survive this and no matter what we will mean something deep to each other in the end. I know this is true.

That would be me.

Heaven is currently outside of a Tully's coffee shop on 1st & Virginia St., stealing their free wifi.

She is outside because the shop doesn't open until 7...

...but actually doesn't want to go inside and purchase anything because there will be free coffee at the work meeting.

Yes, work meeting. 7:30 to 10. Hopefully breakfast is provided because Heaven hasn't eaten anything.

gastrotypographicalassemblage

I came across this mini article about the art director for CBS, Lou Dorfsman. Apparently, he has an exhibition going on in London, which features a scaled down model of his (apparently famous) wall design for the CBS lunchroom.

Here's Lou in front of the original version at CBS. What a cheerful looking guy!

I love this! The study of typography is interesting. These words seem to communicate their meaning...I'm not sure how, but the placement, size and style of font just seems appropriate. If I ate in the CBS cafeteria, I would never get bored studying this giant wall of words.

Here's the small scale version for the museum. (Look at the kind of circular part...it says doughnut!)

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exhausted

Emotionally, physically, mentally, exhausted...

moving, even up 2 floors, is very difficult.

update:

Furnature moved, many items are in place, and I am winding down to cookies and cocoa. Memories of Mexico and friends brought to me by Arrested Development on Netflix. Here's to a good ending to a junky day.

Let's get down to business...

...to clean, my houuuuse.

Today I must clean and pack up everything in my apartment, so I can move up two floors by tomorrow afternoon. I will be live blogging this not at all exciting event as the day progresses. Dang it. Whatever happened to this being an art blog? Bad Heaven.

12:23 pm / Current Song: Lovegame by Lady Gaga

I'm taking down all of my wall decorations. Photos, polaroids, frames and posters must all come down. Here are a couple of my favorite corners:

2:32 / Current Song: Whatcha Waiting For by Gwen Stefani

I love this song. Smart people know that Gwen Stefani is my default choice of music on my iPod. Anyway, after taking down all of my wall adornments (which took quite a while), and packing away some of my dishes, I decided to pack up my shoes. I decided to throw away my trusty navy Keds, which are very worn.

Bye, Keds. :-(

4:25 / Current Song: None, I turned off Pandora and turned on Jersey Shore. Don't hate.

I've been floating through states of tiredness and motivation. Lunch consisted of saltine crackers + peanut butter & jelly, and soymilk. It provided a temporary energy boost, but I have to admit, I've been checking facebook chat entirely too often.

View from my spot on the couch.

One thing I definitely accomplished is emptying out my bookshelf. I have loved occupying this bookshelf! All of my books, DVDs, and art supplies fit perfectly, plus some picture frames on top.

New Shampoo Suckaaaz

What up fools? Just wanted to do a quick blog post/lush review, because I can, because Caroline is lending me her brother's computer! Woo! Sadly, Megan's computer is having some issues, so until I can get those resolved I'll be using Caroline's brother's computer. Which is perfectly fine by me! Thank you Caroline!

Anyway, the other day I had a wonderful time introducing my friends Elyse and Annie to MAC cosmetics. We really enjoyed getting makeup tutorials (and free makeovers) via the wonderfully sweet people at the MAC counter. I got a tutorial on how to pull off brightly colored lipstick and still have it flatter my lips, and walked away with a bright coral smile.

After that fun, Annie and I visited Lush, which was awkward for me because both of my former managers were there, but good for me also because I picked up a new shampoo. This shampoo bar is called Karma Komba.

I mentioned before that I positively love Lush's solid shampoos. They clean my hair amazingly well, last forever, and smell great. This bar is no different. It is scented with Lush's Karma scent, which is a cult favorite among customers. That said, some people really do not like the patchouli scent of Karma. If you are one of these people, then stay away. The shampoo bar does not overly perfume hair, but it does smell like Karma...so beware. Anyway, like always, when using this shampoo, it lathers beautifully, smells great (but not too overpowering), and leaves my hair shiny and managable! Additionally, it gives my limp-ish hair some good volume without too much work. Genius.

Orange and lemon oils within the shampoo cleanse hair and add shine, and the company website notes that this shampoo helps detangle, which implies that it has a light conditioning ingredient. Sounds good to me.

Anyway, I give it a gold star! This shampoo makes showers fun again, and actually has me looking forward to washing out my daily hairstyle.

P.S. P.S. P.S. Guess what, I just started a tumblr. It is in the beginning stages right now, but I think if I can get it going, it will be a fun little project. Visit, please!

Computer woes

This blog is being sent from my gmail account, because the computer
I'm using is somewhat outdated, and incompatible with blogger.

The lovely Megan, (formerly of Caroline's coffee and purveyor of free
soy chais) gave me her old iBook G4! She also gave me a new version of
OSX Snow Leopard, but I can't install it because the computer has
password protection. Until I can install the new OS, I can't download
the newest browsers, software updates, etc.

Luckilly, I have an appointment with Apple's Genius Bar today at
11:30! Hopefully they can help out. Then I'll be back to blogging.

Aeropuerto

I will be at the airport in less than an hour! Going home to see my family, mourn my aunt, and peek in on some friends. It'll be a short visit, but I'm still super appreciative.

So, just FYI, I won't be blogging from the airport. :(

Not sure how pointless this post is.