music.

Eric Chow

Current soundtrack: 

Blue [Marina and the Diamonds] 

I Can't Feel My Face [The Weeknd] 

Dreams [Beck] 

Third Eye [Florence and the Machine] 

Ditmas [Mumford and Sons] 

Smooth Sailing [Leon Bridges] 

Rattlesnake [St. Vincent] 

Another One [Mac Demarco]

Death With Dignity [Sufjan Stevens]

Dreams Come True [Brandon Flowers]

Chateau Lobby #4 [Father John Misty]

Bad Girls [Blood Orange]

California Nights [Best Coast] 

- the curator 

life.

  

waking light, it grew from the shadow

brace yourself to the morning low

night is gone, long way turning

you've waited long enough to know

waking light [beck]

i meant to start this back up ages ago.  i toyed with the idea of starting it up again as i began my law school adventure.  but that didn't happen.  then i thought to myself, hey - your'e spending the summer abroad, blog it.  that didn't happen either. 

and now, in the middle of my summer in costa rica, sitting at my desk about to go home for the day, i've decided to write.  to cut and paste.  to share.  i think the spontaneity and sheer randomness of this decision to begin again is fitting.  not sure why, but it feels right.  i am not limited to subject matter.  this is not a 1L blog.  this is not a travel blog.  this is a collection of words musings, songs, images, and whimsy.

i am a curator of things.  

i don't expect any one to read this.  that's not the point.  this is for me.  i've struggled with claiming my own creativity for ages.  i'm not a painter. i'm shit at photography.  i'm certainly no attwood, plath or lee.  often i find myself explaining that i express myself in imaginative problem solving or word formatting.  that being said, i need something.  i have all these ideas, loves/hates, wonders, etc. swimming in my brain and rather than force them on my amigos i've decided to jot them down here.

i am a curator of things.   

 

music.

music.

James Blake and Bon Iver have decided to watch the throne as well.  it's absolutely beautiful and i can not wait to hear more from the collaboration.

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fashion.

recent acquisitions. 

i used to never want to live in california post college.  i only wanted to move to nyc.  i only wanted to attend grad schools on the east coast.  then everything changed.  even as i packed up and moved to korea i remember thinking, wow, i will not live in this place ever again.  at least not for ages.  but now, in the last three months, everything has changed.  and i want nothing more then to return to my laid back, nor cal life.  i dont even mind thoughts of so cal as much anymore.  i really am a california gurl, and when people call me that, i am all smiles with a warm feeling inside and out.  it's a beautiful feeling.  that's really the only way i can explain it, warm and fuzzy.  i love the smell, i love the style, i love the people.  i love my state.  i love the food, the wine, the people.  i love the access to live music, films, and art.  i used to criticize the "northern california bubble" i felt i had been raised in.  i was grateful of it, but wished to get outside it.  honestly, for all my wish to travel and live outside the U.S. i don't think i'd even want to live outside the bay area.  at least not for long.  it is a wonderful place to call home.  i am truly one of the luckiest girls in the world to have been born there.  thanks mom and dad, you choose well. 

on a much more shallow, but somewhat related note.  i recently did a little bit of internet retail therapy.  in anticipation for my return home, i have been browsing my favorite shops online and after returning to the same pieces again and a again i finally caved and bought a few things.  tremendously on sale, of course.  one of the best things about urban.  their stuff is not always the best quality, but i simply can not resist their sales.  i love the slip and i think it could go either for either warm weather with a little button up over and some strappy sandals, or for fall over some skinny jeans and a chunky cozy sweater.  maybe even a tee underneath or a belt to mix it up.  and the yellow sweatshirt thing, i just liked the laid back feel.  it'd be great with some cut offs like in the photo and maybe moccasins or my fryes.  or in winter with some sort of thermal underneath, a scarf, dark wash jeans and some flats.  just a few ideas.  i hate buying things that are only good for summer or winter.  i like a lot of cross over.  

lovely weekend has come to an end, will post all the details about the past few days tomorrow.  

cheers.  

music.

Sous le ciel de Paris

S'envole une chanson

Hum hum

Elle est née d'aujourd'hui

Dans le cœur d'un garçonSous le ciel de Paris

Marchent des amoureux

Hum humLeur bonheur se construit

Sur un air fait pour eux

found myself humming this earlier today, and i've been playing it non stop since i got home.  [this video] has to be my favorite.  and the best part is, i have nae idea what the words mean, but it is just so sultry and sexy that i don't really care.  also, it brings up visions of carey mulligan looking 60's and amazing in an education.

but really, juliette greco is absolutely mesmerizing.  it's practically undeniable. 

 

life.

what ever road you choose,

i'm right behind you win or lose.

forever young. 

current soundtrack:
forever young [rod stewart]
mardy bum [arctic monkeys]
suck it and see [arctic monkeys]
dance wiv me [dizzee rascall]
dizzee disco [dizzee rascal]
no church in the wild [watch the throne]
my best theory [jimmy eat world]