I have a slight obsession with tupperware. It kind of goes well with my OCD and my need to at least have the opportunity to compartmentalize everything into its own discrete space. Even if that never really happens because I’m incredibly lazy. And because I’m lazy, I’m going to steal an idea from Iban, who [...]
Entries from January 30th, 2009
a simple favor
January 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments · general stuff, hanging out
My best friend has this concept of “secret interests.” People usually have one – something they love or like that not many people know about. Her boyfriend’s is cars, something I hadn’t known until a few months ago, despite knowing him for a good 5 years or so. Hers? Horoscopes. She can tell whether you’re [...]
drenched
January 28th, 2009 · 7 Comments · general stuff
I’m sure most of you who read this are fully aware of how disgusting it is outside. When I left this morning, the snow was coming down in all it’s pretty white flutteriness. There was just enough on the ground to make the commute kinda messy, but there wasn’t any slipping and sliding involved. I [...]
internet famous!
January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · general stuff, hanging out
Okay, yeah, it’s out now. I’m coming out of the closet. Sure I let people see pictures of my feet and I even went so far as to make a very identifiable bag. But I never posted anything that would really identify me…until now. It’s on the internets, as the Boston Globe was at the [...]
bike crush
January 24th, 2009 · 8 Comments · general stuff
“Save your crushes for the unattainable.” That’s one of the strangest pieces of advice I’ve ever gotten from a friend. I didn’t get it at all at the time. I still might be misunderstanding it. It sort of requires a sense of self-confidence that borders on the delusional, and that sort of turns me off. [...]
Tags:bike·cambridge bicycles·crushes·love·selling out·unattainable
party dresses and piercings
January 23rd, 2009 · 2 Comments · general stuff
For most of my life, all I ever wanted to be was a fashion designer. I ended up in law school instead. Yeah, long story which involves, among other things, my realization that I wasn’t talented enough, my eternal status as the less talented sibling, and sheer spinelessness and terror at taking a chance and [...]
Tags:accessories·bags·earrings·fashion design·Marc Jacobs·regrets·Vivienne Westwood
a bold[sprints] adventure
January 19th, 2009 · 5 Comments · crashes, hanging out
Having gotten my polo fix earlier this week, and today being a holiday, I was on the look-out for some weekend bike-related goodness. Thank God for Boldsprints! It was snowing as I left for Cambridge, and it felt like I was getting facial acupuncture as I pedaled. And then nature and gravity decided to show [...]
Tags:adventure·boldsprints·boston·snow
my very own baileyworks
January 18th, 2009 · 2 Comments · customizing stuff, handmade goodies
I love the anonymity of the internet. I can show people I have never met before what I’m doing, tell them what I’m thinking, and have a long trail of blog posts and pictures open for pretty much anyone with an internet connection to read/see. It’s like Facebook stalking taken to a creepier level. The [...]
Tags:amateur·baileyworks bag·customize·messenger bag·patches
1F
January 16th, 2009 · 1 Comment · general stuff
When I was younger, I [irrationally?] feared having a squat, ugly nose [I'm Asian, so the fears might not have been completely irrational]. I remember trying to relate this concern to my mother, who suggested I keep a clothespin on my nose to “train” it to become pointy. She was joking, but I was five. [...]