awake at 1:03 AM

It’s not late, but when you’re by yourself, it feels like forever.
Part of me may be broken now, but I will heal in time.  This much I know.

I found Banksy today when walking to the fashion district.

There's Banksy's signature in the bottom right corner.

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sheila marquez

is so beautiful.  after a year or two, i’m still in love.

German Vogue, December 2008

British Harper's Bazaar, July 2008

for Cover magazine, May 2008

with Freja Beha at Gucci, Feb. 2008

backstage at Gucci, Sept. 2007

stunning.  that is all.

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sometimes i feel like such a failure in life.  but on the upside, i went grocery shopping today..so now i can fill my munchie-cravings.

and on a more interesting note…

for once, I loved CD's spring Haute Couture collection

and there is a reason why Alexander McQueen is a fucking genius.  – from his pre-fall 2009 collection

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uk v. me

so, let’s take how UK students dress for during the day and out clubbing compared to mine (or at least what i like)…
UK:


me:

damn.  must go shopping.

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hello bristol

Including today, I will have been in Bristol for 7 days now.  Is it a whole new world?  In a way, the answer is yes.

scones, strawberry jam and clotted cream

Clifton Suspension Bridge

It’s a whole mix of adjusting to the 40 minute walk from my flat to campus, the lack of skyscrapers in a ‘big’ city, and the fact that in classes, I’ll be the one that sticks out with my oh-so-obvious American accent.  I do love the fact that students in the UK dress so much better than students in the US.  Everyone here dresses up, whether they’re guys or girls.  It’s true I’ve seen people wearing sweatpants, but that’s probably 1 in a 100.  However, that does mean that I’ll have to put more effort in dressing up now that I can’t just get away with wearing jeans and a tshirt – aka the basics, and still look well put together since everyone else is so much more dressed up.  I think this calls for a shopping expedition.  BUT…walking to the shopping district takes at least an hour.  what the fuck place is this?

This place is gorgeous, but all the walking I have to do is sometimes a little preposterous.  Come on UK, what happened to your public transportation?

Also, I sometimes wonder whether I chose the wrong classes.  The topics are the ones I want to take – ‘Intellectual Dissent and Economic Development in China c. 1956-1989’, ‘Compositional Strategy’, and ‘Music in Soviet Russia’.  The catch is, they’re all 2nd year courses, which means that everyone in all those classes know at least half the people in the class since that’s how the system works here.

But hey, it’s only been a week right?  It’s bound to get better.

p.s. say hello to my new baby

vivienne westwood love!

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