Birthday

Today is my oldest brother's birthday.

We're all going out to eat at the sushi restaurant

that my OTHER brother works at.

I think tonight is the night to debut

my H&M dress from their

Conscious Collection.

So pretty!

I love how the fabric swishes around

my legs when I move around.

Paired with:

Thrifted belt

Target sandals

Sartorial

I met Scott Schuman, of The Sartorialist fame,

Monday night.

He was a lot shorter than I expected.

He was cooler than I expected.

My friend Stephanie was interviewing him for

a piece at the newspaper.

I couldn't find anyone to photograph the interview,

so I took the Canon in tow and

photographed a photographer.

Very nerve-wracking.

We were waiting the entire night.

After his lecture, there was a giant line

of people waiting to talk to him.

He was nice enough to talk to each one

and take pictures with them.

There was a lady from AOL before us

waiting to interview him.

So we talked to him dead last.

Also, SCAD was taking him out to dinner afterwards,

so we had five minutes.

And we could tell everyone was impatient.

Boo.

We got a quick little interview,

and on my way home I realized

that we were in such a hurry

that I didn't even get a picture with him.

P.S. I met Scott Schuman wearing

a striped Target top

blue American Eagle shorts

& Steve Madden wedges.

Maybe should have tried a little harder...

"B" is for

I went thrifting with my mom last night.

We're obsessed with our local thrift store,

Park Avenue Thrift.

They know how to get us too.

Every week they send out coupons

that discount every color except for one.

I found this cape!!!!

So beautiful.

I already know people are gonna ask,

"What does the 'B' stand for?"

I've got my response ready:

"BADASS."

My mom was like,

"Don't you have something like that already?"

What can I say?

I'm a sucker for simple day dresses and accordian pleats.

The perfect summer blouse.

Remedial

Today I used a stress remedy I haven't used

since I was dumped in high school.

I put on my rarely worn Nike shoes

and ran at my local park.

I got a bad phone call on my way home,

and I was just put off for the rest of the day.

I couldn't focus on anything, and I just wanted to get out.

I haven't been getting a lot of sleep,

I've been overly sensitive about things,

and I've just had a very low tolerance for people lately.

So I think a good trail run was past its due.

I grabbed the wrong camera,

so pictures are via my iPhone.

I hadn't been to this park in a while,

so when I finally went today, I was pleasantly surprised

to find that they had upgraded their trail.

I ran/walked through the part of the new trail,

which connected to a neighborhood, then up to a street.

I was out for a good hour.

Just relaxing.

But I couldn't stay much longer, because I knew

the consequences of dwelling in a dream

were waiting for me in reality.

Dreamed a Dream

I saw my good friends James and Rudy yesterday.

They are two of my favorite people.

So funny, so warm, so nice.

I've known them since high school.

We were all drama nerds together (can't you tell?), so it's always nice to see them.

James bought me lunch at this pretty awful restaurant.

The best things were the appetizers and dessert.

We got the fried cheesecake.

Yummm.

I watched their performance of Shakespeare's "Midsummer Night's Dream."

Rudy played the director, and he was amazing.

I was laughing so hard.

I miss that guy.

In the Lowlight

Being A&E editor has been... challenging.

In ways that I wasn't even expecting.

Being in a creative copywriting class -

a field that I am totally unfamiliar with

has been really frustrating.

I'm working on a Pepto ad right now.

Very exciting.

I have so much work to do this week, 

I'm not quite sure how I'm going to balance

my procrastination and work.

I like making lists, so I know all I have to do.

It helped a lot when I first started.

Now. Not so much, but it helps put all my puts in one place.

Meanwhile, the lovely Adele is on the cover of Rolling Stone.

And I am so pleased that she's not all sexified up,

like most women on RS covers are.

I read her interview, and I started BALLING.

Like, crying over the sink kind of thing.

So strange. Because I haven't cried like that in such a long time.