Beautiful rustic summer days

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Work work work itt

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Great future work wear, I think, yes.

Carla Marion Paris

I gotta see this new Woody Allen asap. It looks very Vicky Cristina Barcelona gone French. Just how I roll...

BON {GRADUATION} Weekend! Run, Run, Run on outta there!

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Graduations got me feeling all bittersweet, but then I put on this tune and feel amped instead.

"When I get sad. I stop being sad, and be awesome instead." 

True story, Barney Stinson.

Earth Wind & Fire - September by FiFi.x

Fave lyrics as per uge —

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - never was a cloudy day

Ba de ya - say do you remember
Ba de ya - dancing in September
Ba de ya - golden dreams were shiny days 

Quotation of the Week

"To do anything truly worth doing, I must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in with gusto and scramble through as well as I can."

This is... my alma mater

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YSL et Pierre Bergé, L'amour FOU

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé, Image via NY Times Magazine

"L' amour fou" (2010), directed by Pierre Thoretton from sleek magazine on Vimeo.

A clip from the documentary, L'Amour Fou, directed by Pierre Thoretton — it features an "uncharacteristically unguarded (and frisky)" Saint Laurent taking a Proust questionnaire.

Glamspiration

After spending the past few days in leggings and baggy sweatshirts, I need a bit of glam to get me feeling alright. TWO MORE EXAMS UNTIL ALUMNA STATUS.

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Clemence Poesy and Caroline Sieber @ Chanel Resort 2012

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That's all, folks.

Serve chilled.

The build-up in this tune is spectacular. Just be patient, and you will be rewarded with the chillest mix.

Quotation of the Week

“There is no beauty in youth … Beauty begins where youth leaves off. I am not decrying youth. I love it. It is fresh, charming, gay, inspirational. Youth works hard and laughs easily. It is always surrounded with the promise of beauty. But always that promise is in the future ... Only when time has laid its softening hand on youth — when experience, love, suffering, living have ripened the green peach — can there be completion and loveliness.”

Bon {WORK} Weekend!

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Feeling quite swamped, although Gwyneth, here, looks pretty stoked to be surrounded by crap— I mean, educational material. I'm sorry I keep whining about work. Not cool, I know. I'm going to channel some positive energy, today, so voilà, I present you some weekend motivational // study muuusic:

"You know, a lot of people have various definitions about what jazz is, or what jazz isn't. And after all these years, I've come to the conclusion that all music, if it's played well is good. If it's not played well ... it's not so good. Sometimes, we come up with funny stuff by using our fantasy, and so forth. So now, we're going to try something a little different. [Breakdown.]"

{Side note} I find this quotation pretty hilarious (or, maybe, charming?), because that's how jazz feels for me: A little scattered — with no predictable train of thought, a bit random — but nevertheless, kind of genius.

The electro-nouveau take on jazz really shows how far you can push the limits of this genre. It's exactly how the jazz scene started out in the first place: A pioneer that was either hated or adored. It also goes to show how things really do come full circle.

Random epiphany-status musing of the day?

I really should be writing my paper, instead of thinking about things like this.

Glamour goes to war

Image via Saturday Evening Post, 1943

Image via Saturday Evening Post, 1941

I'm writing my senior term paper on cosmetic science during pre- and post-World War II. It's been a pain in the ass, but I've had a lot of fun digging through the dusty archives of old journals and magazines for images like these.

Cosmo heartbeats

Handcrafted Modern, Leslie Williamson

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Favorite Stanzas —

One night to be confused
One night to speed up truth
We had a promise paid
Four hands and then away

Both under influence
We had a divine sense
To know what to say
Mind is a razor blade

To call for hands of above
to lean on
Wouldn't be good enough
for me, no

One night of magic rush
The start a simple touch
One night to push and scream
And then relief

Ten days of perfect tunes
The colors red and blue
We had a promise made
We were in love

Micro Scallops

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#crnllfinalswk

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I have officially broken the last pair of my grab-bag pile of cheap-o plastic sunglasses. It's so springy out, but I'm a library prisoner today... must continue to stuuudyyy #crnllfinalswk

Study Muuuusic

Amazingg.

Break (AOTL) by Childish Gambino

Childish Gambino + Adele + Jamie xx = eargasm



If you didn't already know, Childish Gambino is Donald Glover, comedian // actor // indie rapper, from Community:



Bahahahaha. That face. Reminds me of the Pauly D faces (i.e. the only reason I ever watched the Jersey Shore...).

 

 

 

 

This could battle out the Troy/Donald Glover look, I think.

Haha hope you enjoyed the little study break pick-me-up!

Call yo Mom

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Happy Mother's Day. As I'm painting in studio all day before my final crit, I think this little nugget is too charming for its own good.

Quotation of the Week

"Away she hurried, not beautiful, not supremely brilliant, but filled with something that took the place of both qualities — something best described as a profound vivacity, a continual and sincere response to all that she encountered in her path through life." 

Simple, humble pleasures

I meant to post this video via Aerie by American Eagle when it was relevant during the holiday season. But, it stills feels a bit springlike, and I've been a fan of the french film, Amelie and its incredible soundtrack since way back. I guess it's never to late — Here it is!



The soundtrack by Yann Tiersen:

Amelie from Montmartre_OST by ostt

My favorite scenes from the movie:



As long as we're on the note of happy, cute French films — Here's another favorite:

(Sorry, there are no subtitles on this video. A little context: The middle-aged man is a professor of a French high school for delinquents. He just got fired, because of his "contemporary" teaching methods, which involve teaching the youngsters how to sing à la Sound of Music. Poor guy, he basically changed their whole overlook on life, gave them new hope, yada yada. However, as he's leaving, the children start singing and flying paper airplanes with inspirational messages on them.)

If I've learned anything these past few days, it's not to take life and or simple, little pleasures (Sunshine, warm cup of coffee, a friendly face) for granted.

¡¡¡ Slope // Nelly // Slope !!!

In honor of the last Slope day and all my favorite songs in one...

Letting Go Of Your Love (Nelly + Nicki Minaj + Sean Kingston) by mochi beats

Bon Weekend!

As per usual, a happy tune for le weekend :)

The Beach Boys - Wouldn t It Be Nice by Beach Creep

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Marigold

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I love.

CT heart LL

Literally, pure, musical genius. I'm actually speechless. The spoons. The water. That seductive-signature-side glance. I'm in Lykke Li nirvana.

And yes, just in case you were wondering, they're performing in a single bathroom stall. And her finale move is flushing the toilet. Yep.



Favorite lyrics —

I'm working, I sweat, but it's all good
I'm breaking my back but it's all good
'Cause i know i'll get it back
Yeah, i know your hands will clap

And I'm working,
Yeah, i'm working
To make butter for my piece of bun
And if you say I'm not OK
We mus-t go
If you say there ain't no way that i could know
If you say i aim too high from down below
Well, say you're not 'cause when i'm gone
You'll be callin' but i won't be at the phone  

I miss you more than I used to miss my 8:40

Last week of classes of my entire academic career...



Some Good Lyrics —

So take a shower, shine your shoes, brother
Ain't no time to lose, brother, we're about to booze, brother
We're about to throw a celebration in honor of separation
Before we have to say goodbye
'Cause I woulda never made it through without each and every one of y'all
I woulda never made it through without the Adderall
I woulda never made it through without my Ray-Bans
No teacher's lookin' in my eyes
'Cause I would rather relax in my castle, havin' class was a hassle
Hopin' this razzle-dazzle pays off when they pass me my cap and my tassel
But as the hours and the minutes diminish
I think about the business that we left unfinished
Like who is gonna claim all this random jewelry that's on my nightstand?
I guess I know why they call it a one-night stand
But even if you can't remember names
If you could remember everything, it wouldn't be the same ...

Ayo my life is like a picture of a lot of liquor
An exotic mixture of elixir and a sorority mixer
But this here, will probably be the last time
I can hit on so many girls without spending my last dime
Thankfully I passed wines, what did I take wines for?
Nobody ever used any of that on wine tours
 
But I guess that's the common theme
Everything you know right now will one day all just be a dream
And these faces that are glowing are going to be unknown
When the place to which you're going is what you will call a home
And you'll forget about the Palms, and all of the sake bombs
But I hope you don't forget about us
 
So even if you've lost every single note from class
Hopefully you come across the notes that we used to pass
And I know you will have thoughts of what we did in the stacks
I gotta say, your brain is really worth an A+
 
So this is dedicated to a stadium of dissipated hockey crowds
Dedicated to an empty table at Souvlaki House
Hopin' that you call me, when you get out to Wall Street
I don't ever wanna lose touch ...

Quotation of the Week

"Anyone who has gumption knows what it is, and anyone who hasn't can never know what it is. So there is no need of defining it."