hey ho hey!

I MUST TELL YOU GUYS A LIL SECRET (well it isn't much of a secret anymore) The lovely people at Facets Magazine asked me to be apart of their winter issue, and not just be a part BUT BE THE COVER GIRL! I am so honored and excited to share this issue with you guys, I hope you all enjoy it!Its weird to see people appreciate what I do, from being the weird kid to being...well still the weird kid!

 

(click to read!)

Ps I drew this comic the other day, I've been out sick recently for health reason and I returned to work this week after missing a week! I was nervous! I miss making comics, I find it therapeautic, I think I'm going to get back into illustrating! :)

C is for Chicago Comics

sweater: vintage
marble swirl dress: vintage
plum tights: worthington
red flats: vintage

Oh Chicago Comics,
How I love thee,
Your hip and cool atmosphere,
Your non threatening staff,
You're up to DATE issues,
Even your indie zines in the back.

You never disappoint me. There's always something to love.

Needless to say, I LOVE CHICAGO COMICS, I'm a comic book nerd, I indulge in works by craig thompson and chris ware. I love all things daniel clowes and adrian tomine! If I was REALLY born any other time, it would probably be 20 years earlier so I can endure the 80s and go to college in the 90s and be all gen-x like wynona. In my gen-x spirit, why not dress with a nod to rockabilly, and head over to the comic books store after some sushi. Finish it up heading over to the kooky pick-me-up cafe and draw with a cup a joe all night long. Could I be a more painful stereotype? Guess I should retire early and head to Portland.

By the by, I mean can't get enough of this Cindy sweater, ITS REALLY SUPER COMFY, and fits my complexion, perfectlyyyy!

Time to go read comics!

geeking out

my favorite orange shirt: vintage (seen better here)
blazer: sears...yes...sears
shorts: charlotte russe
granny shoes: vintage

I want to remind everyone to not forget that I am first and foremost, a nerd! (which is one of the many reasons why I don't support SOPA & PIPA) I was going through some pictures (dreaming of warmer days) and realized I never got a chance to share some of my super GEEKIN OUT photos I took at comic con. I used to be REALLY into comic con, these days I'm starting to drift out of it. This is contrary for my love of the comic book. I still love artist like Veronica Fish and Lucy Kinsley, but I the knee deep full throttle super geek 90% male dominated comic con....not so much. I spend my days relaxed and chill in Chicago Comics instead....Plus I am always fashionably inspired by my brightly clad super ladies...I MEAN WHO DIDN'T LOVE JUBILEE IN XMEN, the asymmetric do, big plastic earring...OH YES #90skid

BUT I DID GEEK OUT WHEN I SAW THAT SOME OF MY LATEST BLOG TRAFFIC IS COMING FROM 2 SMALL FEATURES ON REFINERY29!!!! OMG!! *guess I'm still a geek....

zoomed in to see it better :D

pop art

(what im wearing, polka dot blouse: thrifted, mint shirt: LUSH, mustard mini: urban o, "trashy" (b/c theyre torn now) tights: h&m, shoes: vintage , necklace: moms)

sometimes I forget to bring on the avant garde to my avant blargh. so here's a little pop art for you! I love mixing colors and forcing things to match even though they aren't originally supposed to. I was inspired by this glass necklace and wallah, a coordinate was born! I did these pics comic book style of course, because I'm not sure if I made this case clear enough in the past BUT, i LOVES ME SOME COMICS, like really! I'm a big ole nerd in case you were wondering! I used to be a bigger nerd actually, I feel like I have grown out it in some ways. Can any of my fellow nerdy ladies back me up on this??? I think I noticed it BIG TIME at this past comic book convention in August, I felt so displaced and meh about the whole thing while some of my guy friends were like "OMG, GLOMP" .....its fun every once and a while. I think I'm in the limbo of too much geek to be a hipster too hipster to be a geek.

ah well, I like being a party of one.

much too hot

Its very hot here, 102 in NYC and my mom told me its 110 in Chicago ;_;

My dad and I are going to have the weekend together, and I'll be soaking in the air at his hotel (no air at my apartment!!) So I'm going to be super busy catching up with my pops I havent seen him in soooooooooooooooooooome time!

Have a good weekend guys, stay hydrated....NO SRSLY

imaginary money

this spending freeze hasn't been too difficult i must say. I thought it might have been harder but i think a lot of it comes from enjoying grocery shopping (lol) AND having imaginary money...

by imaginary money I DO NOT MEAN credit....like credit cards, we all know those will bite you in the booty later. No i mean gift cards and store credit...haha

this weekend I enjoyed a lil bit of shopping on store credit because I returned the christmas cards I did not use and a gift i decided to return (after my holiday spirit had died and i remember how crappy this person is) at anthropologie...I kept the money from the gift because it was like 40 dollars BUT i did use the credit from the christmas cards (because the money was already spent) on FUNNY THINGS XD (a mug with my intial on it (yes my name begins with "x") and cute little pom pom barrets! (shown in the last picture)) I also rushed to sephora because I got an email about getting this hello kitty perfume as a free gift! (SO CUTE SO CUTE) I love that the anthropologie and sephora are at the same mall, I also ran by zara which is also in this same mall (a new mall they just built in chicago where ice skating used to be like 15 yrs ago!) Zara was having a massive SALE & i was tempted by all the red signs that said 9.99!! But it was like piles of unfolded tshirts i was ....

a. too lazy to shuffle through them all..thats THEIR job

b. nothing seemed too appealing....maybe it was the layout, maybe its because i never wear tshirts

all in all i think i did pretty good and didn't spend a REAL DIME (again) haha!

I already LOVE this hello kitty perfume, but i only wear a drop of it when i go out with friends. I don't know why I suddenly love hello kitty again, with the vintage suitcase and all (in my other post which i found at the thrift store for 1 dollar! over christmas break.) I really like vintage 1970s-80s kitty. And what can I say she's so cute! PLUS this perfume smells almost exactly like Coco Madmosielle by Chanel! And it was FREEEEE *in theory* (that chanel perfume is my ultimate perfume!) I might have to go buy it soon before they ditch the label when kitty gets boring again....[ i also saw this cute little girl with her mom gushing over all the hello kitty stuff at sephora, she reminded me of me and my mom and our shopping escapades in the city when i was a kid :') ] The hello kitty juices where just on sale at the grocery store for a dollar, i always pack my lunch so i got those instead of the usual capri sun~

I also exchanged an old comic for 3 other comics and 2 dollars back (pictured above)! (oh power of returns!) I decided that the one comic was too expensive and too much like written by a weebo, this is why i save almost all my receipts because I am the master of buyers remorse.

Finally I got some macaroons! I felt like i deserved them darnit!Today I walked to work in the snow for 2 miles (trying to use a less stressful route *fail* ) and passed this pastry shop thats supposed to have the best macaroons in the city! I used a gift card i got from my dad on them *thanks paw!* I can't wait to try them with some tea tonite. I also bought some toiletries i needed some sponges and a new face towel, and I bought the lashes again with the gift card :P I wanted to try lashes again since everyone makes them look so tempting!

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oooooh I love shopping when its basically free! sometimes when i get the urge i just look for stuff to return..and i stretch out gift cards people get for me for months at a time. (in fact the clinique make up shown i just got from a macys gift card i got for my bday)

anyway i think its cookie time! pray that my apartment doesn't blow away! so far the storm has already blown off some roofs by my apartment o_o and the newspaper catagorized the section of the city that i live in as "the end of days..."

bring it on snowmaggedon...