stolen from Nylon: quiz time!

Taken from Nylon's blog, here's a short quiz for y'all this weekend:

1. This Thanksgiving, I ate too much _________.

2. The movie we watched (on TV or at the cinema) was ________.

3. I think “Black Friday” is lame but I still really want to buy ____________.

4. The celeb I’d most want at Thanksgiving dinner is ___________.

5. The song I play when I’m finally alone without all the guests and relatives around is __________.


My answers:

1. Pumpkin chocolate chip cookies // marshmallow chocolate chip cookies.

2. Got UP, went to my parents', and made my mom watch it with me :)

3. A Lumix LX 3 or a Canon SD780is. And a good pair of black leather boots.

4. Emma Thompson. She's classy, she's like that nice aunt or relative that you actually like, and I wouldn't mind stuffing my face at the Thanksgiving table in front of her (as opposed to, say, Joseph Gordon-Levitt or Sendhil Ramamurthy.)

5. Everything from the Broadway musical soundtrack of Hairspray...or That Thing You Do by the Wonders.


Leave your answers too :)

backtrack: gallery bar, november 19.

BEATCAKES PRESENTS GREEN STREET & DJ YEHO.o 11/19!! from Beatcakes on Vimeo.

For those of you who missed it Thursday night, there were indeed glowsticks and cupcakes. The cupcakes were pretty delicious too.
I almost didn't go but fortunately my roommate dragged me downtown to the LES. Not only were the performances fresh and the people chill, but the venue (Gallery Bar) is definitely a spot to hit up. Art gallery by day, lounge by night.

Once I have time (& patience) to upload my own pictures, I definitely will. But in the meantime, I'll leave you with some stolen photos from Green Street Records, courtesy of CMCstyles photography.

ishmael beah, live.

Present: Jo Becker, Children's Rights Advocacy Director for Human Rights Watch; Ambassador John McNee, Permenant Representative to the UN; Ronnie Harleston, Lieutenant Colonel and Military Adviser of the Permanent Mission of Sierra Leone to the UN; and Ishmael Beah, former child soldier and author of A Long Way Gone.

pit stop.

Do you ever look at yourself and wonder
how you got to where you are
or how you became the way that you are?
Because you know that at one point,
you weren't here and you weren't this way.

Isn't it a daunting feeling when you realize that there exist people out there
that not only have the ability to make you feel so very small
but that when they do exercise that ability,
it actually affects your being.



How did we get here?
& when did we start caring so much?

email exchange between momma t & me.

Hey Mom,

Just checking to see how you're doing. Working on some school stuff now. Very tired. Might sleep early tonight.

Love you,
- Mui

Mui,

I am doing fine. Appreciate you checking on me.
Should I schedule an appointment for you to have a check up on thanksgiving week?

Mom [flower emoticon thing]

Um...what kind of check-up?

- Mui

Maybe some blood test.

Mom [flower emoticon thing]

WHAT!!! BLOOD???

- Mui

SI !!!!!! Good night, sweet dream.

Mom [flower emoticon thing]

all i want for christmas/my birthday...

is a new Mac. Or at least for my Mac to not die.

I've had mine for almost 4+ years now and it is clearly dying. Unfortunately, between paying for rent & paying for tuition (I've cut out eating, essentially), I have no money to purchase a new laptop. I've been heavily debating if I would be able to survive without a computer if -- God forbid -- my Mac dies on me.

Here's a picture of it 4 years ago when Calvin first gave it to me:


Don't mind the idiot text -- I was going through a phase with my photos-in-blog.


This is all I want this year. More than my entire Urban Outfitters or Amazon wishlist; more than a new lens for my dSLR or even a Polaroid/Fuji Instax. I just need my Mac to not die. Please don't die.

but hooping wins.

le hooper: PS!
I was down by Battery Park area today
It's really nice!
If it weren't so far south, I'd totally say we should check that area out [to live in].
It's sooo nice :)
hooperpots: Really???
Oh yeah, I guess it is pretty nice down there.
I feel like it's far from everythinggg though.
le hooper: Yeah, but the 4/5 is right there
And there are businessmen >;)
I mean...there are trees.
hooperpots: Hahahahahah
Well, we can look there also
I'm open!
le hooper: Haha, but it's pretty far down southwest!
UES is better haha.
Close.
And also has some businessmen >;)
I mean
trees in Central Park.
hooperpots: Trees. Hahaha.
Oh true, we will be closer to Central Park!
Hooping land!
le hooper: Yesssss!!


Made up names > Hooping > Trees > Men.

david brownings.

Basically, he's awesome.









Check out more of his stuff on his website. Because he's awesome.

bouchon & sunny days.

Nothing like an afternoon stroll in the park with Nanette & her bag of Bouchon macarons.







We had Caramel and Fig. Mmm.

day of pretend!

Haven't uploaded pictures, so these are stolen<3



6'5" lumberjacks with wrong axes & pirates with umbrellas & cute Pippi & itty bitty Lilo (& Stitch).

Realization of the night: When Pippi & Lilo unite forces, the Yankees go from losing to winning. You're welcome, New York.

since birth.

i want so badly to believe


that there is truth, that love is real.


& i want life in every word,


to the extent that it's absurd.

highest stress for lowest pay.

CNN and The Consumerist think that my field of work sucks.
I don't think it sucks, really...
but they aren't inaccurate.
Sighhh.