Saturday, October 31, 2009

Talk about Eclectic...




Yes, I dress like this everyday. My motto is, "Sparkles are the toppers for the most fab outfits."
I just made that up right now(;
Here was my outfit to keep me cheerful on the last "costume day," and to prove that vintage is fabulous and can be worn Everyday!
I am wearing 2 vintage layered skirts, made by Eiko, at Imonni on 4th Street.
Black tank and a black satin ribbon as a belt. Betsey Johnson sequin bolero.
A necklace from my 1st collection of Un-Conventional.
"Industrial Madness," ring from my 3rd collection of rings.
The awesome bracelet is a gift my friend Skyler made me, absolutely perfect, because I don't like to make bracelets(;
She is an avid collector of Un-Conventional, and I am happy to start collecting her art!

Best Outfit Ever!




I absolutely love the way Eiko dresses, but today was perfection! She had on a vintage Vera skirt that was reworked by Dorian, with cute vintage frog appliques.
Delightfully paired with a necklace from my line, Un-Conventional. Teamed with vintage red cowboy boots. LoveIt(:

Just One More Day


I am happy that today is Halloween, and that when I return to work on Monday, it will be a day of people shopping for their wardrobes. Every year, it annoys me, people come in and buy the cutest vintage dresses, just for one night.
Vintage is stylish and awesome, it doesn't deserve such abuse. Especially when the culprit is asking me what dress is in a certain era. Why not look it up before heading out? I am nice enough to help, but how bad did I want to tell them a 1970s dress was 1950s? They wouldn't know the difference. Perhaps I will next year.... mwaaaahaaa haaa!

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

My New Vintage Fabric Bow!


I am so in Love with this!!!
Handmade bow using vintage fabric!

Mixing Patterns Perfectly!!!

Here is Cassie's pattern mix... which I love!!! I need to mix some patterns in my wardrobe!

The Brighter Side of My Day!


Not all was dreary in the day of the Un-Conventionalist!!!

Two of the most entertaining, and well-dressed individuals, Cassie and Jae, came in today. Somehow, they always come in the days that I need their funtastic (my dictionary has it) vibes!!!


The symptoms of Life....

Another day, and I am on my way to work. A brisk and breezy morning, I really had to use the lavatory when I arrived. Seeing there was no toilet tissue, I decided to call Yusuke, the man in charge, but received Emi on the other line instead. To my surprise, Yusuke is in the hospital, after not being able to breathe the day before, and the Doctor said he had a cold, and not to worry. What is the deal with Doctors and Vets that they misdiagnose their patients? Do they just want us to all be paranoid freaks?!!! Really? I hate it! What are we suppose to do when we rely on these people to tell us what is wrong?

About 3 years ago, I had my baby boy, Yaju, who passed with a brain tumor. It was by far, the worst time in my life. I had been through surgery 11 years ago, and still, it wasn't as traumatizing. Yaju started with a patch of fur that went missing from his cheek.... from there, he stopped eating, and after a couple of months... he lost his vision.

I tried to diagnose his problems myself, researching online and such. I had to drive about 10 miles 4 times a week for about 2 months, trying to find out what was wrong with my child. They didn't have an answer. The answer came, after I had completely lost myself, to my son's illness. I was at work, and I was told he had a brain tumor. It wasn't until I saw the x-ray, that it was evident, he was going to have to be set free from his pain.

The strange part, was that the Doctor who performed the cat-scan, was a friend of my Father-in-Law. As soon as I saw the massive tumor, pushing his brain to the side, I cried like a maniac. The fact it wasn't diagnosed earlier, made me furious... and sad. To top it off, I had to decide right there, if I was going to take my son home, or if I wanted to lay him to rest right then.

I knew my Sister would want to say goodbye, so we decided to take him home. He rode on my lap, content, as we made the long journey home. When we got there, we decided to pull the mattress down so he could sleep with us. I was like the Mother Hen all night, as I watched my Baby Boy find his way through his dark visions, to his food bowl and back to the bed.

The next morning, after I had finally fallen asleep from my Mother Hen duties, I quickly awoke to the sound of my panicked husband. My son was convulsing in his arms. I didn't know what to do, except cry, and ran next door to my Sister's, to tell her that "It was time."

After making that decision, my vet asked me if that was what I wanted to do. I know that he hadn't seen the x-ray, but was still very pissed off that he had the nerve to ask me this. No, I didn't want to do this... it was the only option to releave my Son from the pain.

I wonder why people of healing, can't mix spiritual and western medicine together.

My Mom, is both. She performed healing touch on me, 11 years ago, to diagnose me with my illness. So here the next story goes....

This guy I dated on and off for six or so years ( I might get into this story again later on....), passed away, unexpectedly. I found out, a couple of weeks later. After knowing, I was devastated, never had I felt such sadness. The next couple of days, I was working, as usual, and began to feel a lot of pain in my abdomen. I came home from work, and my Mom did Reiki on me. After the entire process, she asked me what I felt. I told her, that I had felt these little men inside me, pulling things aside, and there was a hole.

Come to find out, after 9 hours of surgery, that there was a hole. How completely amazing... and scary. There is no medical explanation that 1/2 my colon had to come out... my appendix was wrapped up on it, making a hole shape... all my Mom told me was that part of me died with him.
The 11th year of his passing was yesterday, which makes it a grand ol' time for such speaking... which brings on....

Why?!!! Why do people have to deal with this? Deal with this modern day medication and paranoia?! Why can't we all just be natural healers... with energy and plants.
I can't stand pharmaceutical companies that only focus on mind drugs... let your minds free.... of course you will have anxiety... especially if you focus on this.... ah!!!!

So I know that Yusuke is going to be alright.... but it is this focus that is reoccurring day in and day out for me. People keep going in, and coming out of the hospital lately and I just want to say to pass the good energy along. Energy is what surrounds all living things... we need to keep it positive, to better those around us.

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Photos that Followed...











The pictures don't want to cooperate and I am discombobulated... at least I have a beer handy(:

Emi looked super cute today. She is super silly because she didn't want her photo taken, but I told her that people needed to see how cute she looked, even when she was working at home. I am the same way when I work from home, but I would have heels on(;

Cat and I were just talking about the guy who lived at the house across the street, and how he has random people take him back home everyday. He used to do it himself, just flip around in his chair and go backwards. Sometimes I wonder if helping people in the long run actually hurts them.... hmmm.

The rest I think I previously wrote about, the guy who did a wardrobe change, the mops, oh!... The Penguin Puffin hat thing is at NaNa-La! I have always laughed at him, but just the way it was wardrobed and put with my "Mr. Logic Man," one of my Un-Conventional one-of-a-kind necklaces, made me laugh even harder. That was sort of the story behind the necklace... a sort of silliness behind it.

1st Real Day as A Blogger

It is the beginning of my 1st week as a blogger. On my way to work, camera close by... I think I might be addicted! Doing my usual 3 day a week commute, on foot, down the dreary 4th street, I am quite certain you will have a lot of fun getting the Un-Conventionalist's view of this street.

I am aware of everything... oh, except that my ankle boot was unzipped for half of my walk... silly me. I was laughing and of course, I have it documented. Today was a different Monday, b/c instead of Yusuke being next door at NaNa-La, I worked there today. I am usually at Imonni, which is the girl clothes, today I got to work at the boy store (which is actually for grown men, I think "boy store" sounds cuter.)

Cat worked at Imonni today, and I couldn't help but take a million pictures of her fabulous outfit.
I always think it is funny, that I mop in heels and fab outfits, so I decided to take some cleaning inspired shots of us.

Across the street, there is a half-way house. It took me awhile to figure this out. I had seen random people leaving it, walking around. Now, it has been 2 years, and the familiarity is in tune. There is a newer addition to the house, a man who goes around and asks everyone for money, yet, he gets everything paid for at his house. Today, I actually caught him out panhandling, then he didn't get any money, so he went back to his house and changed into something better!!! I couldn't believe it. I used to feel sorry for him, but this guy knows what he is doing. He would come to the store at first, and learned that just asking the street walkers was more sufficient. Being in Hollywood, I am quite used to panhandlers. I would give them my leftovers, which they in turn, would throw away right in front of me. It was upsetting to me because I would have eaten that food! I had very limited money and food was normally a bowl of rice in those days... ug...

Point of the story, I suppose, is that I hate when people ask for money and don't need it. I know this guy looks a little rough around the edges, but what is he collecting for? Perhaps I need to ask. Oh yes... I will report back later.

Later...

AH! I wrote before adding pictures and now I am having difficulties! I have tried to add the photos a million times, and it isn't working out the way I want it... So, I am going to post this, then add the photos... because I can. This is my blog... so there! heehee

Sunday, October 25, 2009

The Morning After






















I feel like I just discovered a new invention, a journal that can be read by anyone who finds it. It is amazing, and strange at the same time. Having been the grounded child, as I wrote previously, I have a well documented life story. Even when I moved to CA, in August '99, I kept a documented drunken existence. It made me feel better to get it all out, like someone was listening, but not. I can see how this will be addicting, like TopShop mixed with a dose of AmiClubWear.

I have already started a picture book for this "outward journal," last night, while my husband and I were just hanging out at home. My neighbors wondered where all the flashes were coming from, while we were shooting away in the corner of our courtyard. My sister had even thought we went out for the night, but we were documenting the first night of my new blogging obsession!

I had just bought the skirt, worn as a dress, at my local Bufflalo Exchange earlier that day. The leggings were given to me a couple days ago... they are from American Apparel. Those fab vegan shoes are from AMiClubWear... unfortunately, they are made in China, which I normally would never buy... but I only buy vegan, unless they are vintage. Last, but not least, that amazing little earring is from my collection, Un-Conventional, which I thought had been lost forever, and I finally found it in the depths of my couch! Hahaha... amazingly enough, it went perfect with the outfit.

Really, can I write some more run-on sentences and crazy word choices... not like I am being graded on my diction, right?

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Welcome to the New Century

So here I go... off to the new millennium... to the day and age of blogging. I can't compete with all these million dollar bloggers! I don't have a cell phone or an I-Pod! I live in the Ice-Age. If I had a cassette player that worked, I would be jamming to the best tunes of the 1980s and 90s.

The first one to be pulled out of the dusty box, is from March 1993, made by Aunt Julie, of Sonic Youth, Donna Summer, Pet Shop Boys, Messiah, and The Pixies. Second mix I found is undated, but remembered to be around 5th grade, Snap, Deee-lite, Ministry, and World Party. This is only 2, out of the 50 I have... all of them are a very eclectic mix!

I love the relationship of music with fashion. When I was in the 7th grade, my obsession was Deee-lite. I wore the cut off jean shorts with psychedelic tights and dangle long earrings. I even had the floppy hats! I will have to pull a picture from my sister's album (mine are in Mom's garage) later of that... you will get a kick out of it. I laugh about the 90s frequently, the time of flannels and flower hats. However, there are parts that I somehow miss. The outfits of pleather and latex, the sort of space-age suits. My sister and I both loved that edgy look. I wore the pleather look including a red and black python skirt all through my junior year of High School.

Oh yes, even though I am being blown away with new technology, I am in tune with the fashion forecast. The 90s are coming back in a Big way... prepare your wardrobe with velvet, lace, velour, bell bottoms, rainbow colors, psychedelic prints, mini mod dresses, and crochet.
The photo above is of me and my sister circa 1992/93. Courtesy of Aunt Julie. I am on left, Anne on right. I would have put the photo on the bottom middle if I could figure out how, and would also put it as a new paragraph if the computer wasn't fighting with me!
Oh to live in the Ice-Age!