OK, so I went to Paris. I went to Paris in April. And now I'm back home, in the good old US of A, ruminating on the fact that I am not in Paris. It's true that once you've breathed the air there, the rest of the world, even Manhattan, is completely ruined. It saps your will to live. You just gaze up at the urban skyscape, thinking, I should be in a ( Read more... )

Veneers. Where to begin? My dentist finally removed the plastic "strip of tooth," and after giving me enough anesthetic to comfortably deliver a baby, proceeded to apply the permanent veneers. The process was faster than I expected, and the veneers, while slightly wider than my own, matched the rest of my teeth perfectly in color and texture. One ( Read more... )

After years of living with an ever widening gap between my front teeth, I finally decided to spring for veneers. By spring for, I mean finance. I am paying for them myself, out of my student budget, and it will take several years to get them paid off at my current level of income. Perhaps veneers were a luxury rather than a neccessity, but I've ( Read more... )

Best. Quote. Ever. Hit them with the hoopskirts! It's the people's revolt of platforms ( Read more... )

6:55 am, Monday: It's a truism that fashion people are never on time, yet alone early, so it's a bit of a jolt to be down at the tents at the crack of dawn. Eli and Shelley, my two new girls, get assigned to the Tent, which is the biggest venue at Bryant Park. It's where the most high profile designers show. I'll be going there too, but first, it's ( Read more... )

"Pedicabo ego uos et irrumabo" - Catullus, Poem #16 ( Read more... )

Where to pick up? The past few months have been, for lack of a better description, intense. I'm in my 6th semester at FIT, and my 2nd at Juilliard, where I study voice in the evening division. I also found my calling in the SCA, where I've been sewing pretty garb and singing pretty music. Well, less of the sewing pretty garb, and more of the ( Read more... )

Among other things. I can't decide what I want. I'm like a ghost ship that will take the first fair wind, because any wind is better than stagnation. I've been sick for a week now. I keep picking things up and reading them, from Sam Harris's provocative "The End of Faith", to my roommate's anthologies of contemporary theatre monologues. (O God no ( Read more... )

I just read something very disturbing. According to Newsweek, the CIA has admitted to using a torture practice called waterboarding on terror suspects. Waterboarding, or forcing large amounts of water into a person's nose and mouth to simulate drowning, was less recently used by agents of the Spanish Inquisition. Yeah, I shit you not. Enlightenment ( Read more... )

Bryant Park, New York, NY: The show: Michael Kors. The time: 7:00 am. I arrive at the Volunteer Trailer and head to the Tent, largest of the show venues at Bryant Park. The show won't begin until 11:00 am, but we have a lot of work to do. The runway, which is in a U shape to accomodate two rows of "Front Row" seats in the center, is originally ( Read more... )