I'll exaggerate to illustrate, the origin of illness

So obviously the epic cleanin' out my closet post didn't happen, but I'm begging massive soul-sucking sickness and hoping you'll forgive me...

But now for something even more exciting... part deux of what will Kat be up to during the first two weeks of September. Do we all remember the rules? I've got another picture and hopefully, this one will lead you closer to the massive (and I mean massive) event that I will participating in, in two weeks time.



Any guesses yet? Well, if you still have no idea... check back next week and I will be revealing all. But until then, we will be returning to our regularly scheduled programming tomorrow

Informer, you no say daddy me snow me Ill go blame

Just came back from getting my hair done - I was supposed to get it cut and colored, but wound up just getting a color; hot pink streaks... and now I'm suffering from a bit of dyer's remorse and hoping I don't look like Avril Lavigne (ew)

I also went out shopping again, in the hopes of finding more stuff to add to my back-to-school wardrobe... it seems I'm having a lot less luck in the major department stores than I am at my work's thrift shop, but I'm still ever hopeful. Unfortunately, I only scored a pair of new shoes - (RED) Converses, black with wings on both sides, a necessity as my Sailor Jerry pin-up Converses are about to collapse in tatters of canvas and rubber. The rest of my excursion was uneventful, except for the two minutes I spent in Urban Outfitters, before fleeing in fear that the overly-aggressive hipsters would take one look at my loose (but not boyfriend) black jeans and Zellars t-shirt and start to pelt me with snakeskin leggings and ironic faux-vintage t-shirts while screeching "Unclean! Unclean"... yeah, never repeating that experience again.

I feel like I'm being a bad fashion blogger as I haven't been that infused with fashionable posts lately, but stay tuned for my post tomorrow where I attempt to tame the wilds that is my closet and possibly, if you're lucky, post some picks of my most recent clothing scores

A Fashion Conundrum

So, I'm in need of a new fall coat... I've been using the same navy blue blazer for years (Ultra-trendy wool coat from JC Penny, personalized with silver paint by moi in homage to my hero, Jimmy Urine) and I think it's time to give up the ghost.
I've got a couple of possibilities in mind, but have largely ruled most of them out for varying reasons... which results in my conundrum:

(Battalion Jacket in Black from Modcloth.com)

I loved this marching band style jacket, but at the price tag of $101 dollars, its a little more expensive than my broke college student funds can afford... so next contender:

(Sargeant Sally Jacket from Twicebitten.com)

I love the look of a blazer with a hoodie underneath. Especially a nice velvet one, especially one that's on sale for $30 like this military inspired blazer from Twice Bitten. However, I don't always trust online shops, particularly when they don't list all the materials that the jacket is made of on the site. So, still thinking about this one, but moving onto the next jacket...

(Bella Twilight Jacket by BB Dakota from ShopPlasticland.com)

This jacket is truly the source of my conundrum... it's military inspired, stylish and not too expensive. But it's also named for a character from one of my least favorite movies (I say movie not book, because I don't mind the books and I really really hate K-Stew), just because she wore it in the movie... and I don't want people thinking I bought the jacket because I'm sooooo in love with Twilight and want to marry Edward or something.

So thoughts, opinions, ideas? Should I suck it up and buy the cute coat and say to hell with the Twilight association or should I keep looking and try to find something else?

Feels like insomnia ah ah, Feels like insomnia ah ah

* Lame title, yes... but that's what I get for googling 'Insomnia lyrics' and picking the first result

So, I have a pretty major event coming up soon (a little less than three weeks now) and I've put myself to the challenge of blogging my way through it (I would say live-blogging but this is sort of impossible as for most of it I won't be near a computer)...
I'm hoping that this will prove to be very exciting and interesting, but I also predict that there might be a number of days where my blog posts will look something like this: da4oiluwefkb.jsbqpyt892fewbsaYFP;HOVBSVSDVKLVBHN *thud*

So, wanna know more? Well, I'm not revealing all just yet, but check the pic below for a hint and see if you can guess what I'll be up to at the beginning of September :)

When I grow up I'll be stable, When I grow up I'll turn the tables

So as an experiment in fashion creativity, I decided to use Polyvore (my favorite in class/at work/etc distraction) to create outfits for my older alter-ego, Kat... (it's revealed... Kat is not my real name, just one of my many nicknames). So I posed the question to myself: If I could see eight years into the future, what would I look like?... and this is the result

A Day at the Office by so_lyrical featuring Marc by Marc Jacobs jeans
... Kat sighed as she pushed her glasses back up. The small diamond stud in her nostril sparkled as she scrunched her nose, frowning as she crossed out another line with her red wax pencil. "No no no," she murmured, chewing slightly on the end of the pencil.

Starry Starry Night by so_lyrical featuring Nina Ricci

... Kat's black boots dangled above the sticky concrete, as she leaned across the bar. The bartender might have been barely able to hear her above the pounding music, but no one would miss the urban pixie with the neon pink and blue dreads and homemade clutch, that left a blue glitter trail in her wake.

Along the Thames by so_lyrical featuring John Galliano

... Kat squinted as she emerged from the dusty book shop. The sunday morning sun was now high in the sky, sending spangles of light dancing off her pyramid stud earrings. She tucked her newest find into her eco-friendly tote and slipped onto the street, contemplating which restaurant she might escape off to, to sip at a cup of cafe-lait and pour over her new/old book.

So after completing this experiment, apparently Kat is very free-thinking and is able to afford John Galliano pants... interesting

Black hole sun, won't you come and wash away the rain?

Considering converting this blog to haikus about cats and heart-wrenching dialogues about the inability to type, that is now plaguing young people... but this will likely endear as many people to me as are current reading this blog (i.e. zero)...
This is my SOS. Is anyone listening?
Making my mark on the information highway. It might be small but it's still there... look for me in the desert sun, I'll bring my lilac parasol to shade us and silk throws to recline upon. You bring the top hats and tea...
Message in a bottle. Note attached to a balloon. Sending it away to the heavens...
Is anyone listening?

Oh, boo-hoo. Now I feel really bad. Bad llama.

So, it's been almost a month since I posted last... this is kind of typical behavior of me. I start something and then leave it after a few weeks, because I get bored or run out of inspiration, etc etc
I've been adding to my wardrobe - just bought two new tees, one v-neck which I am kinda impressed with myself because I normally never wear v-necks and a brand-new cardigan, but otherwise my outfits have been rather blah; which I'm gonna blame on the heat and my inability to dress myself when the temperature rises above 25, especially when I'm working in an office with no air-conditioning (terrible excuse but yeah, I've got no other one)
So I'm putting things on hold (apologies to my imaginary readers), until I'm back at school because the temperatures are supposed to stay this high for the next few weeks, which means I probably won't be dressing any better anytime soon.
I will be purging my closet tomorrow though, so let's see if I can draw some inspiration from that...

TTFN,
Kat