Listening: I’m on a Prince kick these days: Dirty Mind, Controversy, Sign ‘O’ The Times (such a genius record), Around the World in a Day (so underrated) and yeah of course Purple Rain because “Darling Nikki” still kind of makes me blush to this day. Watching: Friends’ first cut of their brilliant movies. Also, the opening titles of Enter the Void. The rest of the movie is kind of dumb, but is Paz de la Huerta like the old-school Courtney Love of starlets? I think perhaps yes. I saw her boobs once in a NYC bar bathroom. But a lot of people have seen her boobs so that’s nothing special! Reading: Mine and others’ drafts of stories and novels. “Critique and feedback” is my middle name these days! Also, am starting Lonely Werewolf Girl by Martin Millar on the plane tomorrow, on the recommendation (so long ago) of the lovely Lauren Cerand. Wearing: I am still in my PJs now. I get up at 6AM to start working, it’s radically altered my fashion commitments and I do not like it. But to force myself to get dressed so early feels so wrong. Wanting: For my flight tomorrow to be peaceful and no screaming babies onboard so I can sleep. I RETURN TO MY SPIRITUAL HOME, at least for a few days.
“Enter the Void”…COUNT ALL THE TYPEFACES AT THE END!
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Listening:“Burn Bridges” by Dom, over and over and over – it’s the song of my moving out of the house I’ve lived in for the last six years. I saw Dom last Saturday and they did the dopest cover of “Little Red Corvette.” Watching: While packing, I have watched the following: Mermaids, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Grosse Pointe Blank, Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban, L.A. Story, and 17 episodes of Sex & The City. SEVENTEEN. Reading:Cavedweller by Dorothy Allison Wearing: as little as possible, it’s wicked hot out Wanting: to eat all the food in the world. Packing-related stress eating = SRS BIZNIS
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Listening: David Bowie, “Oh! You Pretty Things” Watching: David Bowie videos on Youtube Reading: I was thinking of reading Nicholas Nickleby Wearing: Just a bunch of ugly crap that I hate, but here is what I wish I was wearing: leopard-print track shorts, rainbow-striped platform wedge sandals, and a Keith Richards t-shirt. That’s what I want my summer fashion concept to be. Wanting: I move in to my new apartment tomorrow so I guess I want it to be tomorrow! That’s so easy and it’s totally going to come true!
If I were alive in the 1960s, and married George Harrison while wearing this dress (At first I was going to say I’d pair it with “barefoot,” but I like the white lace brogues! So I’ll stick with those), my photo would be on so many freshman fashion students’ mood boards for years and years to come. You know it’s true!!!!!!!
George and I’s wedding would be super Indianny and we’d have pot brownies and a parade of animals would be our groomsmen and bridesmaids, which is fabulous, because that means I wouldn’t have to deal with having Eric “Seems Like a Groan-Inducing Presence” Clapton be a member of my wedding party. Maybe I’d leave George for John Lennon at the altar! Or maybe Ray Davies would be Benjamin Braddock and I’d leave George for Ray Davies! Or maybe Keith Richards would be Benjamin Braddock and I’d leave George for Keith! Or maybe Syd Barrett would be Benjamin Braddock! And I’d run away with Syd! Or maybe I’d turn into like a weird Hare Krishna Maharishi sultan and have a whole harem of hot sixties British dudes be my wives! Or maybe I should stop writing stream-of-consciousness British Invasion fanfiction at 11:15 in the morning.
Yeah, probably that one.
(My wedding dress is made by my new favourite label SQ, and you can buy it at Pixiemarket, and then when you wear it you can always think of that wacky girl who writes for that blog who’s obsessed with the Beatles!!!)
This is a companion piece to Liz’s recent nogoodforme post titled Starring Linda Ronstadt as “My Most Amazing Self”, although I have no recollection of the Sex and the City episode she is referring to. The snippet of Sex and the City dialogue I get stuck in my head most frequently is the time Jack Berger assily told Carrie “Nice hat,” so I guess this is me non-assily telling Keith Richards, “Nice scarf tied around your head.”
PS: This picture comes from astral-fox.tumblr.com via Liz, who e-mailed it to me yesterday, because that’s just the kind of awesome thing that happens once you make Liz Barker Inner Circle.
In my opinion, January 23rd is definitely not too late to blog about my New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, choosing to wait until this late in the month to blog about my New Year’s Resolutions is actually highly demonstrative of my commitment to my New Year’s Resolutions. Most years, I have completely forgotten my New Year’s Resolutions by January 23rd. Wow! Twenty-elevs really is the best year evs!
Anyway, here’s the definitive list:
1. Live life like I’m on acid
2. Don’t go to New York City
3. “Aesthetics not theatrics”
4. Keep a better handle on what day of the week it is
5. Make absolutely no effort when it comes to men, just like my spirit animal Keith (only Keith likes girls)
This relates to cufflinks because this year, I am going to use my dating-related passivity to force men into 1963-style action. 1963: the year men wore cufflinks and did shit. Ten out of ten chicks I have discussed this idea with agree that dudes do no work in the dating game anymore. Perhaps this is all Keith Richards’ fault, but you know what, assholes?
YOU ARE NOT KEITH RICHARDS.
In conclusion, these cufflinks are by Lanvin, and buy me a drink!
While Keith may be sexy and gnarly and a kindhearted drug addict who wears leopard and has a bottle of Jack Daniel’s attached to his hand and all that other good stuff, you are still the only dude of all-time who I would let sleep with me while wearing his hair in a half-ponytail. This is quite the accomplishment, and you should be very, very proud of yourself.
Listening: Most of my listening comes from playing Dance Central these days. I’m uncomfortably familiar with the words to “Evacuate the Dancefloor” now. Watching: I have kind of a weird crush on Oblio, a Dance Central avatar with anime-like blue hair and grey skinny jeans. It’s really awesome when he does the “Satisfaction” dance at the hard level. Wait, did I just say that? Reading: Jay-Z’s Decoded is really fucking great. Wearing: I’m really into this pair of Levis now with a big sweater I got from Iceland. TEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO, BABY. Wanting: I’m going to fucking nail the “Just Dance” routine at the highest level this weekend, even if it kills me.
Coming out of that spin into that freaking “record player”/”boost” move kills me, I hate it so much:
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Listening:Check Your Head by the Beastie Boys is a very inspiring album, especially “Pass the Mic” Watching: Maybe someday I’ll make it through all of Diner without falling asleep? BUT ARRRRGGHHH MICKEY ROURKE Reading:Flea’s Twitter is a very inspiring Twitter, especially his dog Wearing: yo this 80-degree weather is really messing with my wear-the-Bells-Beach-beanie-and-fake-leopard-coat-and-Frye-boots-every-day-till-like-March idea hahahahahahahaha Wanting: please no more insomnia plz plz plz
+ Laura Jane
Listening:Exile on Main St Watching:Stones in Exile Reading: I finished Keith, sadface Wearing: Knee-high lace-up Frye boots, paisley stockings, Eiffel tower-print skirt, ratty grey t-shirt, cheetah charm necklace, leopard-print cardigan, red plaid scarf, faux-fur bomber, bangles. Wanting: Money, summer, Keith
LJ: Mick. Just kidding! Totally Keith, and not just because smoking two things at once is the number one most surefire way of all-time to look cool doing anything.
PS: I just LOLed when I noticed that Liz named the Mick Jagger picture “mickstupid.jpg.” Too true, Liz! He has never looked worse in his life.
After all is said and done, it turns out that my 2011 Spirit Animal is actually the Keith Richards song “Before They Make Me Run”:
For the following reasons:
1. “Gotta move while it’s still fun”
2. “I’m gonna walk before they make me run”
3. “Gonna find my way to heaven, ’cause I did my time in hell”
Chill, right? Also, this is me formally inducting Keith Richards into my official list of favourite people of all time, which now goes: John Lennon, Ray Davies, Syd Barrett, James Joyce, John Cale, Kanye West and Keith Richards.
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