i want chicken i want liver

what a wonderful age 18 months is.

"hey olivia! pretend to eat cat food and act like you love it...now 'meow'."

my niece. the only person in the world that does what i say.

On this day 3 years ago, I was wondering the streets of Beijing.
I'd like to be there now.

The Great Wall.

I lugged a Polaroid camera all the way up a mountain.

Dedication.

(unfortunately these Polaroids look like crap. sigh. Can anyone tell me why they developed with a purple hue?)

Chongwenmen Subway Station.


(I have no neck in this photo.)

My boyfriend was hired to play trombone for a dance festival.
A tap dance festival.

Whenever my boyfriend gets paid to fly across the globe to play trombone with tap dancing people for the Chinese government he brings me.

He always brings me.

Rehearsal. (Chicago in Beijing)

Most of the time was spent at the theater...Unfortunately.

Try producing an American performance in Beijing with one translator.

Let's just say that I greeted the band every night with a room full of beer + food.

Lots of beer = less angry musicians.

Despite headaches, it was an amazing show with the worlds best tap dancers including

Jason Samuels Smith and Dormesha Sumbry Edwards.

If you ever get a chance to see these two, please do.

They will blow your mind.

(i hope these photos show up. Flickr has stolen my photos until i pay them $25. Pretty bullshit if you ask me.)

Pussy whipped.

whenever i start giggling at work i'm usually looking at cats on the internet.

my friend, swood, always knows without me telling her.

There are two jewelry designers that I'm currently obsessing over.

Both are based in Chicago + both can be found at Post 27.

The first is Megan Lorenz of Cities in Dust.

The photos are from Portrait in Metal. Check out the post to find out about her inspiration, the boutique she manages and some of her work.

The second artist is Laura Lombardi.

I love, love, love her work and apparently a bunch of other people do too.

She was recently featured in Nylon Magazine.

Check her out this weekend (er...today. woops, late post.) at the Renegade Holiday Fair.

It was perfect.

Tortured-artist drama. Check.

Love or hate the film, here is a small collection of Black Swan inspired threads on the cheap.

All from Forever 21.

Damn Natalie, you a crazy chick!

I LOVE YOU NATALIE!

Performance Area

On Friday December 4, 2010 at 9:27pm, I fell in love.

Find me here tonight...

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