behind these civilized eyes

the original outfit
with Eva Longoria

 Here's the Two Birds outfit Inspiration from Monday.
Compare & contrast.

my version

I am fully aware of how ridiculous these photos look. 

Particularly because I'm in a different mood
today than I was when these photos were taken. 

Today I was wearing bright pink. Then I found out someone in my family died, & no one knows why.   
Then I got some news about something else that I didn't really want to hear, & that again,
I have no control of.

Patterned tights, & boot details

 Sometimes your day starts sunny, then the sky becomes overcast. The clouds overtake you, & it starts pouring rain.

Sometimes a girl wants to hear her 4th favorite band of all time, play a song from their latest album on repeat.

We saw Chevelle in concert in 2009.
 If you want to see photos check out my post here.

some call her andy candy

She's on the left, & I'm on the right.
I love her beyond words.

This outfit reminds me of her sweater. 

Bottega Veneta 2011 Fall RTW  

This outfit is similar in color scheme
 to her t-shirt & sweater also. 

Bottega Veneta 2011 Fall RTW

This is her with her sis.
I took this photo when I was sort of a child myself.

The D& G outfit reminds me of my cousin's blouse, on the right, in the above photo.

D&G 2011 Fall RTW

Bottega Veneta 2011 Fall RTW

The Bottega Veneta outfit reminds me
 of my guy's sandwich.

My guy's sandwich & soup.

Betty Jackson 2011 Fall RTW

The Betty Jackson outfit reminds
 me of my sandwich. 

The strawberry was dipped in chocolate
& topped with crushed peppermint. 

My guy with my girl.

All three of us went to see The Killers in concert, in 2007.  I don't have photos of that event, but I did buy a concert t-shirt.     :)

like a male peacock

I know today is Friday, but I'm linking 
Thursdays are Thrifters anyway.

Both of my blouses are thrifted.

You cannot go against nature
Because when you do 
Go against nature

It's part of nature too
Our little lives get complicated
It's a simple thing

Simple as a flower
And that's a complicated thing

No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell

My world is your world 
People like to hear their names
I'm no exception

Please call my name
Call my name

No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell

When you're down
It's a long way up

When you're up
It's a long way down
It's all the same thing

My skirt is thrifted.

No new tale to tell
No new tale to tell"- by Love And Rockets 

These are the same peacock earrings,
I showed you last here, that my friend to gave me.
This is where the title of the post comes from.
Aren't male peacocks the ones that have the pretty feathers,
in order to attract the females?

My guy is so cute when he sings this song. 
It makes me laugh every time.

one of those tag things

My blog friend Brittney at Flow Disruption tagged me. 

My 3 Style obsessions are:
1) Patterned tights

Betsey Johnson RTW Fall 2011

Issey Miyake RTW Fall 2011

2) Boots 

Isabel Marant RTW Fall 2011

Jean-Charles de Castelbajac RTW Fall 2011

3) Floral skirts 

Gregory Parkinson RTW Fall 2011

Roberto Cavalli RTW Fall 2011

I like to chew sugarless gum.
 The gum flavors & brands vary, depending on my mood.

I think I learned how to blow bubbles in 3rd grade.
 I've been snap, cracking, & popping gum since my friend Holly showed me how in 9th grade.

Two of my favorite people have birthdays this week, on the same day.

My nephew is one of those people.

My guy is the other one.

Last night one of my twin nieces

said my name on Skype.  :)

I really like Switched At Birth.
I learn new things every time I watch it.

In high school I was in the sign language club.
I got an A in the sign language class I took in college.
I'm still a sign language amateur.

This is the latest song I've been playing on my guitar.


Resonating excerpt from: 
Once Upon A Time There Was You by Elizabeth Berg

..."You know who does loving right?"
"Who?"
"Nobody. I mean, people can't even...If you get a cat because you love cats, you're going to have plenty of days when you hate it because it's acting like a cat. Do you know what I'm saying?"
Sadie nodded. 
"And when I was in high school I had a poem taped over my bed. I read it every day. It was about a person asking another person, over and over, 'What is two plus two?' and getting all pissed because the answer was always four."
"See that's why I don't like poetry. What does that even mean?"
"It means that some people are always going to think in a certain way. And they're never going to understand people who think so differently from the way they do. They can't. So it's best to stop asking for something someone simply can't deliver. Change the question."... 


Can you guess what I did on the tag? I didn't exactly follow the rules, & I changed the question(s).

peach or blush?

Whether you decide to call the color peach or blush, that's my theme of today.

Here's some old photos of me, & other things...

Me in July of 2011.

Me in April 2011.

Me in some cafe in 2009.

Me with my guy 2007.
I'm wearing the same top as photo in 2009.

Me with my friend & her little one in 2007.

Little me wearing my little coat.
It was a long time ago.

Below is an example of the paint & pass collaboration. If interested look here.

Someone in the group starts a painting then
 passes/mails it to the next person. 

Here's what the painting looked like when I got it.

The same painting gets passed around,until everyone in the group has had a chance to contribute to the painting.

Here's the painting,
after I was finished adding my flourishes of paint.

This band is called Dawes.

 Dawes - My Time Comes  "There were moments of dreams I was offered to save

I live less like a workhorse, more like a slave

I thought that one quick moment that was noble or brace
Would be worth the most of my life.

We saw them in concert, months ago.

So I pointed my fingers, and shout a few quotes I knew

As if something that's written should be taken as true

But every path I have taken and conclusion I drew
Would put truth back under the knife.

And now the only piece of advice that continues to help:
Is anyone that's making anything new only breaks something else.When my time comes,
Ohhhhh, oh oh oh...

So I took what I wanted and put it out of my reach
I wanted to pay for my successes with all my defeats,
And if heaven was all that was promised to me
Why don't I pray for death?



And now it seems like the unraveling has started too soon,
Now I'm sleeping in hallways and I'm drinking perfume
And I'm speaking to mirrors and I'm howling at moons
While the worst and the worst that it gets.

Oh you can judge all the world on the sparkle that you think it lacks.
Yes you can stare into the abyss, but it's staring right back"...