Lowly Saturdays with Nowhere to Go

BWAHAHAHA DO YOU PEOPLE REALLY THINK THAT I ACTUALLY HAVE THE ENERGY AFTER SCHOOL TO SET UP MY TRIPOD ANYMORE?

Top: Kohl's, Hair flower: gift, Skirt: thrifted, Belt: H&M, Ankh necklace: Minnesota Renaissance Festival, Combat boots: thrifted

Hey all! Happy belated Valentine's Day! Was love in the air for you this week? I came home after school on Monday to this wonderful surprise waiting for me:

From Mr. Samuel, we named the bear Bilbo and he lives on my bed currently <3

Well despite that, I think up here in the Twin Cities we're all suffering a bit from seasonal disorder. The weather is extraordinarily fluctuating, snowstorm one day and 50 degree sun the next. I try to keep myself entertained as best I can, my attention span somewhat requires that I be running around doing things consistently during the daylight hours. But I won't put on a tough face for you guys, seeing as this is my blog and I get all my complaining out on here so I'm not a sour puss with my friends. SCHOOL IS HAAAARD DX. Chemistry is progressively getting more and more difficult, it's safe to say that math is not my strong suit. But now I've got meself a three day weekend! I best enjoy it :D Hopefully I'll be going on a thrifting extravaganza later today with my bestie, and go on a prance with myself if the weather permits (prance = a walk with excessive twirling and skipping along the street). Nevertheless, I have made time for tea parties with my Hello Kitty dolls, which is always a stress reliever:

But I think I've yet to tell you guys I'm in another musical for this spring, and guess what we're doing??? LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS!

For those who are unfamiliar with the show, it centers on poor, nerdy Seymour, who is employed at a business-deserted flower shop on the sad and dirty streets of a dark place called Skid Row. There he works alongside girl-of-his dreams Audrey, a ditzy but sweet flower arranger with heart-wrenchingly low self-esteem and an abusive dentist boyfriend. Right as it seems that the shop will have to go out of business, Seymour discovers a strange little plant during a total eclipse and promptly puts it in the window display (naming it Audrey II after the woman he secretly adores). The plant immediately begins attracting a slew of customers to the little shop, and Seymour becomes its caretaker. However, water and plant food seem to have no effect on the strange fly-trap like Audrey II, and Seymour is ordered to find out what keeps it alive. After an incident involving the cutting of his finger, he is quick to learn that what the little plant feeds on is human blood. He decides that in order to keep his job he will be the provider of its food, and lets the plant drink from his own finger. Audrey II begins to grow, though, and soon becomes a deep-voiced, R&B singing human-trap who claims that he will only be satisfied if Seymour finds him people to eat. The show quickly becomes a fast-paced, cartoony, dark-comedy with hilarious dialogue and wild numbers. The movie is available on netflix and I would highly recommend it!

In the show I am an ensemble member overall, but also play a dental assistant, a backup dancer to the sadistic dentist Orin, Audrey's abusive boyfriend, who became a dentist specifically so that he could cause people pain. We've started work on it for a few weeks now, and I'm very excited for it all to come together over the next two months.

That's all I've really got, it's a nice looking day out and I think I'll head outside.

Peace, yo

Back to school, but the dawn of a New Year

Cardigan: Target, Shorts: Old Navy, Tights: Forever 21, Beret: H&M, Peacock feather headband: gift, Ring: gift, Combat boots: thrifted

Don't know if I'll be dressing like this any more this week. I haven't been feeling too well as of late, and after lunch I was completely konking out. Not to mention that my school really does NOT know that the classrooms need to be at least a moderately comfortable temperature for its students to function properly, as opposed to curling into balls, teeth chattering, praying to whatever higher power they worship that they'll survive until the next period. I guess what I'm trying to say is that tomorrow I'm going to school with a big sweater and a cup of joe, so don't expect anything special. Happy back-to-school! (And one of these days I'll get around to talking more about my life rather than just describing what I'm wearing, why I'm wearing it, and complaining about the weather).

G'night Chaps.

They should really send me to Oddball Academy

AC/DC t-shirt: gift from my dad, Pants: Delia's, Bandana: vintage, Knockoff Keds: Target

One of the reasons I wore this outfit was because I thought it would provide a funny contrast, I was supposed to read a poem I wrote aloud to my English class this morning and this particular poem is all sweet and fluffy. Perfect juxtaposition to my inner punk. But, as it happened, I left my backpack in my advisory class the hour before English. DON'T EVEN ASK ME HOW. But I did. My advisor also happens to be one of the school social workers, meaning that when she's not teaching our class she's out patrolling the hallways. So of course the door to her classroom was locked and I ended up having to track my backpack down instead of reading my poem. I'm reading it tomorrow but still.....UGH. Not a good way to begin the school day.



Anywho, back to the outfit. My dad brought me the shirt from an AC/DC concert he went to a few years back. I'm not as big a fan as he is, but their songs totally get me pumped and rocking. Classic rock never dies, in my book. These are probably the coolest and most comfortable pants I own, when I saw them in the Delia's catalog I ordered them right away. In a way, they're relics from my "scene kid" days, but along with a lot of those clothes I still find them awesome today (though thankfully I've become way more original in my choice of attire).

So for French, we're currently at work on an awesome project that involves creating a fashion tv show of some sort. My teacher has a dress-up box in her classroom (I know right?!), and today she brought in a bag of whacky clothes to add to it, so of course instead of writing out the script like we were supposed to, my group had a photoshoot in the costumes......

Featuring Molly and Dan, in all their glory

Also I really really really REALLY wanted to steal that floral blazer and fruit sweater

But I love my French class. So I didn't.



Tomorrow is 11/11/11, and I still have no idea what to wish for.

The Full Moon Peeks at Me Over the Treetops

Beret: H&M, Scarves: gifts, Necklaces: Minnesota Rennaisance Festival, Black lace top: H&M, Skirt: Target, Leggings: Old Navy, Combat boots: thrifted

I truly have nothing to say today.

And the sad thing is that my ambition in life is to be a writer.

I guess high school classes really do destroy your creative brain cells.



I hope I can wear these tights onstage

Blue cami: Marshalls, Cardigan: Target, Necklace: gift, Pants: Delia's, Fishnets: Ragstock, Shoes: Target

Yes, messy room I know.

A part of me feels like I was inspired to put fishnets under my jeans because in the show I'm currently working on, The Adding Machine, I play a hooker named Judy. I always envision Judy clad in big curls, red lips, a tiny dress, black pumps, and these fishnets. This is my preferred method of wearing them, indeed. I hope the costume designer will incorporate them into my final outfit.

Also, I apologize for the low-quality of these pictures. But, alas, I had two big tests today and I got home from rehearsal at 6, so I was completely and entirely just TOO lazy to lug my tripod outside.

On an unrelated note, I thought it would be pretty fun to give you an idea of how I spend my school hours:

Yes, this is what we did all hour in chemistry yesterday when we were supposed to be watching a video on the history of measurement.

Emily had a pad of mini post-its (which are incredibly unhealthy for ADD prone children) so four of us started writing notes and posting them to each other's desks.

(yes I know it's sideways, as I said- far too lazy)

The video was boring anyway.

(Oh by the way! Have you guys tried the new pineapple kool-aid yet???? It's been my latest obsession....)



I'm a Hipster, and I'm Musing

(The title was a total Isabel Slone reference if you didn't pick up on it)

I had a couple outfit photos from the past few days that I regrettably am just now getting around to posting......

Monday's outfit:

Beret and jeggings: H&M, shirt and cardigan: Target, shoes: Heartbreaker

Today's outfit:

Beret: my childhood dress-up box, scarf and sandals: thrifted, shirt: Ragstock, cardigan: Target, jeans: H&M, suspenders: Hot Topic

My sincerest apologies for the double outfit post, but I've found it has become increasingly harder to update my blog regularly. I've been trying harder to photograph my outfits and post them on a day-to-day basis, but it has become much more difficult, what with theater, and the fact that I am currently managing to take seven classes a day, the latter including: College Prep Chemistry, Advanced Placement World History (which is essentially a college class), Advanced Algebra, French 2, Honors English, and two band classes, one of which begins at 7 AM. I am now relying solely on coffee and Sudafed to keep me alive, but I promise to keep the whining on the D.L. and continue to try my best.

On a happier note, I was talking with my dear friend Olivia yesterday (one of my favorite fashionistas, I daresay) and I seemed to get her hooked on the idea of starting her own fashion blog, which may or may not function as a sort of sister blog to HoneyDew. We would collaborate on our outfit photography, meaning I would finally be able to do away with the dreadful mirror shots (assuming I don't scavenge up a tripod by then), and also collaborate on our shoes collections, now that we've discovered we have have the exact same size feet. More updates on that in the near future, and also my homecoming pictures are soon to come (haha, funny on my part...kind of a pun there.....don't get it? oh....okay...) Stay tuned, if you dare, but for now have yourself a goodbye.

The Way of the Weird

So I haven't gotten that tripod set up yet.

This is what I wore on Friday, as it was Spirit Week and that day's theme was "Super Fly Friday"

Yeaaaahhh......about that title.....

The obnoxious Marilyn Monroe t-shirt is about 3 sizes too big for me and tied up in the back, but it was on the clearance rack at Target and simply too cool to pass up. At least two of my friends said that they were going to go out and buy one too.

Hair clip: gift, necklace: Ebay, T-shirt and skirt: Target, Leggings: Old Navy, Shoes: Converse

Speaking of Spirit Week, I as ever the spirited high school girl attended the Homecoming dance last night. Super-awesome pictures soon to come.

On an unrelated yet wonderful note, I am in yet another play: my school's rendition of The Adding Machine by Elmer Rice. Take a look at some production photos from other theaters:

My character unfortunately is not pictured in any of these photos. She goes by the name of Judy O'Grady, and is a wild, funny, eccentric 1940's Southern prostitute. Yup. That's me. The sci-fi hooker. I am beyond excited to have this role. The play itself takes place in a sort of post-apocalyptic 1940's dystopian society, and follows the life of the miserable Mr. Zero in his unhappy marriage and boring job that he's fired from after holding it for 25 years. Essentially, it's a sci-fi dark comedy about a guy whose life sucks. But many other things happen too. If you ever get a chance to see it, I would recommend it highly. It's a fascinating expressionist piece, and if done right, will be very entertaining.

Since I've picked up the habit of skipping from topic to topic, one of my honors English assignments was to create a poster of yourself reading your favorite book. This was my photo:

Embrace the Weird.

Speaking of weird, Arabelle of Fashion Pirate posted a picture of herself wearing THESE shoes:

I WANT THEM.

And that will be all.